PA Youth Places 2nd in National 4-H Beekeeping Essay.
Each State Winner, including the national winners, receives an appropriate book about honey bees, beekeeping, or honey. The deadline for entries to be submitted to the State 4-H Office is February 14, 2017 (Valentine’s Day). Send essay to: 4-H Beekeeping Essay Contest State 4-H Office. 531 S. College Avenue. 113 Townsend Hall. Newark, DE 19716.
The Westmorland Honey Festival will be hosting an essay contest for students grades 2-12. The theme is BEE Involved—Your Ticket to a BEEutiful Community. Essays are due no later than Nov. 1 at 5pm.
The 4-H Honey Bee Challenge introduces youth to the critical role that honey bees play in food production as approximately one in every three bites we eat is the result of these pollinators at work. Working in teams, youth assemble model bees using bristle bot kits and construct foraging routes for their model bees to follow. Teams are evaluated on the efficiency of their materials used in.
Each year, Georgia 4-H and the University of Georgia’s Entomology Department organize the 4-H Beekeeping Essay Contest. This contest is a national competition offered by the Foundation for the.
Each year Virginia 4-H sponsors a Honey Bee Essay in conjunction with The Foundation for the Preservation of Honey Bees, Inc. sponsored National 4-H Honey Bee Essay Contest. The first place winner of the Virginia contest is forwarded on to the National Contest before March 1st and competes with other state winners. Winners of the National Contest are announced on May 1 each year and are.
The 4-H Beekeeping Essay Contest announcement and rules can be found on the Foundation for the Preservation of Honey Bees, Inc. website. 2020 Topic Overwintering: Bee Survival through the Cold Season. Honey bees have developed special skills to overwinter in the United States. Please discuss one of these skills and then include a discussion about what you do to prepare your hives for winter.
Garrett Smith, a 4-H member and student at Starkville Academy, said he was inspired to enter the 4-H Honey Bee Essay Contest after he toured Mississippi State University’s entomology lab with his little brother’s Clover Dawgs 4-H club. “I became more interested in entomology after the tour,” Smith said. “I learned a lot about the history of beekeeping while doing online research for.