>Bill,

I am overjoyed to learn this information. I am an Assistant Scout
Master, merit badge counselor and a beekeeper.

I did a search on the BSA site:

http://www.scouting.org/sitemap.html

keyword "Beekeeping Merit Badge" and found one reference to the
number of Beekeeping Merit Badge earned between 1911 and 1996 but no
reference to it being listed as an official merit badge.

Also, the Beekeeping Merit Badge is not listed at this site:

http://www.meritbadge.com.

So I have sent the web master the URL you posted with the
reinstatement information.

Thanks for the update.

Paul Cronshaw DC
ASM Troop 33, Santa Barbara CA
Hobbyist Beekeeper
>
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>Date:    Tue, 6 Nov 2001 10:51:32 -0500
>From:    Bill Truesdell <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: Boy Scout Merit Badge Update?
>
>The BSA website still has it as an active merit badge,
>
>http://www.scouting.org/nav/about.html
>
>Also, from the NHB website
>
>http://www.nhb.org/articles/beebadge.html
>
>Quote
>Thanks to that effort and the hours of work by many others and the
>receipt of many calls and letters from concerned beekeepers who began as
>Boy Scouts, Mr. John  Dalrymple, Advancement Director, Boy Scouts of
>America stated that the national review committee
>had reconsidered this badge and that on February 9, 1999 had decided to
>reinstate the merit badge.
>Unquote
>
>So it seems it is still active as a merit badge.
>
>Bill Truesdell
>Bath, ME
>
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