Help Christopher Reinstate the Boy Scout Beekeeping Merit Badge!
Christopher Stowell, a Boy Scout in Troop 250, Skiatook, OK, needs our help! He’s submitting a proposal to the National Boy Scout Council to reinstate the Beekeeping merit badge (discontinued in 1995) encouraging more young people to become beekeepers.
The Häagen-Dazs brand is interested in the sustainability of bees because more than 50% of its all natural flavors use ingredients that are pollinated by the bees.
Alarmingly, over the last three years more than 1 in 3 bee colonies have died nationwide. Researchers are calling this mysterious bee disappearance Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), a condition that could threaten the U.S. food supply. Scientists say that the future situation for honey bees is dire since the average age of a beekeeper is 60 years old. Christopher wants to change that, by reinstating the Boy Scout Beekeeping merit badge, in order to train a younger population to help protect the honey bee. Christopher has enlisted the support of beekeeping organizations around the country that have agreed to help train the young people interested in beekeeping. We urge you to show your support for Christopher and his important mission.
Sign the petition here.
If you do not want to do a public post, you can print, sign and mail this form letter to Christopher Stowell.
Finally, if you are a member of a beekeeping club, please ask your club
to pass this resolution.
