Fig. 1: Beekee-E4-Front
- Cloth: Khaki right twill
- Embroidery: Cotton lock stitch
Fig. 2: Beekee-E4-Reverse
- Back: Plain NO imprint with starch
Item Name: Beekeeping 1957 - 1960
Item ID: Beekee-E4
Collector Rating: 1
Pamphlets Used to Earn this Badge
Requirements January 1957 until September 1970
1. Examine a colony of bees, remove the combs, find the queen, and determine the amount of the brood, number of queen cells, and the amount of honey in the hive.
2. Distinguish between the drones, workers, and eggs, larvae, and pupae, at various stages of development; honey, wax, pollen, and propolis. Tell how the bees make the honey, and where the wax comes from; and explain the part played in the life of the colony by the queen, the drones, and the workers.
3. Have had experience in hiving a swarm or artificially dividing at least one colony. Explain the construction of the modern hive, especially in regard to the “Bee Spaces.”
4. Put foundations in sections or frames and fill supers with frames or sections; and also remove filled supers from the hive and prepare the honey for market.
5. Write an acceptable article of not more than two hundred words on how and why the honeybee is used in pollinating farm crops. Name five crops in your area pollinated by honeybees.
This merit badge may be earned as a 4-H’er by completing a club project in that subject or as a FFA member by meeting these requirements through the FFA supervised farming program.