Dear Beesource Members and Readers,
As you may or not be aware, Christopher Stowell, a 13 year old beekeeper/Boy Scout from Oklahoma, is currently heading up a campaign to get Boy Scouts of America to reinstate the Beekeeping Merit Badge. That Badge was discontinued over 20 years ago, primarily due to the low number of scouts who were getting the badge. A major difficulty that existed 20 years ago was that interested scouts could not find mentors.
The internet provides a new opportunity. It will now be very easy for interested scouts to find mentor beekeepers and bee clubs that are willing to teach the scouts.
To hopefully demonstrate to BSA that this is the case, Barry, the owner of Beesource, has allowed Christopher and me to use Beesource as a forum to promote Christopher's campaign. Our ultimate goal is to demonstrate that there are plenty of persons who support Christopher's request and beekeepers and clubs who will act as mentors.
WE NEED YOUR HELP, AND IF YOU ARE A BEEKEEPER, YOU CAN HELP!
I have just started four new threads on the Beekeepeing Merit Badge forum. Those threads lead you to requests for Beekeepers to use four different forms:
1. A Beekeeping Club Resolution form supporting reinstatement of the Beekeeping Merit Badge.
2. A general Petition in favor of reinstatement of the Beekeeping Merit Badge (for use by anyone, anywhere, to be signed by anyone)
3. A Petition form to be used by Scouts.
4. An Individual Beekeeper’s form Letter in support of reinstatement of the Beekeeping Merit Badge, with promise to act as a mentor.
Those forms are linked in the threads that I started in the forum relating to this effort. You can also find the forms under the "Resources" link on the Beesource.com home page.
Please check out the Beekeeping Merit Badge Project forum and the related threads. If you have any questions, please let me know.
Thanks,
Christopher Stowell and NeilV
As you may or not be aware, Christopher Stowell, a 13 year old beekeeper/Boy Scout from Oklahoma, is currently heading up a campaign to get Boy Scouts of America to reinstate the Beekeeping Merit Badge. That Badge was discontinued over 20 years ago, primarily due to the low number of scouts who were getting the badge. A major difficulty that existed 20 years ago was that interested scouts could not find mentors.
The internet provides a new opportunity. It will now be very easy for interested scouts to find mentor beekeepers and bee clubs that are willing to teach the scouts.
To hopefully demonstrate to BSA that this is the case, Barry, the owner of Beesource, has allowed Christopher and me to use Beesource as a forum to promote Christopher's campaign. Our ultimate goal is to demonstrate that there are plenty of persons who support Christopher's request and beekeepers and clubs who will act as mentors.
WE NEED YOUR HELP, AND IF YOU ARE A BEEKEEPER, YOU CAN HELP!
I have just started four new threads on the Beekeepeing Merit Badge forum. Those threads lead you to requests for Beekeepers to use four different forms:
1. A Beekeeping Club Resolution form supporting reinstatement of the Beekeeping Merit Badge.
2. A general Petition in favor of reinstatement of the Beekeeping Merit Badge (for use by anyone, anywhere, to be signed by anyone)
3. A Petition form to be used by Scouts.
4. An Individual Beekeeper’s form Letter in support of reinstatement of the Beekeeping Merit Badge, with promise to act as a mentor.
Those forms are linked in the threads that I started in the forum relating to this effort. You can also find the forms under the "Resources" link on the Beesource.com home page.
Please check out the Beekeeping Merit Badge Project forum and the related threads. If you have any questions, please let me know.
Thanks,
Christopher Stowell and NeilV