The Foundation for the Preservation of Honey Bees

“The produce department is not the only section which relies on the honey bee,” wrote Jessica Tinker in her first place essay in the 4-H Beekeeping Essay Contest. She was evaluating a supermarket, aisle-by-aisle, looking for evidence of honey bees. “Nearly every aisle in the grocery story is lined with products made available by honey
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The essay topic for 2008 is The Results of Honey Bee Pollination in My Community. Essayists are encouraged to become familiar with honey bees’ pollination activities and, then, survey their communities to see what examples they can find. Some of these will be obvious, i.e., apples on sale at the supermarket. Essayists should not overlook
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“The problem of declining bee populations is very real,” wrote Kelton Shockley in his first place essay in the 4-H Beekeeping Essay Contest. “Honey bees don’t just provide honey, they are vital to the production of many foods. The honey bee is much more than a small insect. The bee is vital in sustaining our
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