Earning Farmgirl Sisterhood Merit Badges

Garden Gate

9. The Secret Life of Bees

Beginner Level

• Watch the trailer of the movie at www.vanishingbees.com
• Plant bee-friendly flowers in your garden.
• Read Sue Monk Kidd’s Secret Life of Bees. (The book required for this badge is available on loan from MaryJanesFarm; contact library@maryjanesfarm.org.)

Intermediate Level

• Research the health difference between raw honey and processed honey.
• Find a local honey vendor.
• Read Bees: Nature’s Little Wonders, by Candace Savage. (The book required for this badge is available on loan from MaryJanesFarm; contact library@maryjanesfarm.org.)

Expert Level

• Raise your own bees and harvest the honey, sharing with others.
• Visit a local beekeeper and help harvest the honey.
• Share your experience on the Farmgirl Connection chatroom under Merit Badge Chit Chat.

January, 2017 Edition