> It is with deep disappointment that I inform you that the Boy Scouts of
> America declined to reinstate the Beekeeping Merit Badge.  Only 20 or so
> letters, and an equal number of telephone calls, were received in support of
> the merit badge.  I was disappointed to hear that was such a low response.
>
> The reason for dropping the merit badge was "lack of interest" as measured by
> the low numbers of earned badges, 600-800 per year.  Apparently they prefer
> merit badges with numbers on the order of 10,000 to 50,000, or more, per
> year.  If so few wrote letters of support, then, perhaps there is not
> interest even among beekeepers.
>
> Mr. Dalrymple indicated that the committee will meet again in February and
> that if letters continue to arrive in support of beekeeping, then they may
> re-examine it.  More on that in the future.
>
> I hope that we do, somehow, get it reinstated someday.
>
> David Morris, President
> Maryland State Beekeepers Association
>
  GOOD TRY, DAVE.
  U R 2 B COMMENDED
  4 UR EFFORTS ABOVE
  & BEYOND CALL OF
  DUTY.
 
  JACK THE B-MAN
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John Iannuzzi PhD            | There is some soul of goodness
9772 Old Annapolis Rd        | in things evil... Thus bees do
Ellicott City (founded 1772) | gather honey from the weed.
Maryland usa 21042           |  --Apologies to the BardofAvon
Hobbyist w/ 19 colonies2many | 21 Italian hives (25sep951945)
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