The requirements for the Beekeeping Merit Badge, taken
 from http://www.hiwaay.net/hyper/Scouts/mbreq.cgi/28
 
 1.  Study a hive of bees.  Remove the combs.  Find the
     queen.  Figure the amount of the brood, number of
     queen cells.  Figure the amount of honey in the hive.
 
 2.  Show the differences among the drones, workers, eggs,
     larvae, and pupae at different stages.  Tell the dif-
     ferences among honey, wax, pollen, and propolis.  Tell
     how bees make honey.  Tell where the wax comes from.
     Explain the part played in the life of the hive by the
     queen, the drones and the workers.
 
 3.  Hive a swarm or divide at least one colony.  Explain
     how a hive is made.
 
 4.  Put foundation in sections of frames.  Fill supers
     with frames or sections.  Take off filled supers from
     the hive.  Fix the honey for market.
 
 5.  Write in not more than 200 words how and why the
     honeybee is used in pollinating farm crops.  Name five
     crops in your area pollinatd by honeybees.
 
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Seems to me that beekeepers willing to help scouts can also help
themselves!
 
Aaron Morris - I think, therefore I bee!