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| 4021 - Agriculture | ||
|---|---|---|
| 4021.4) | 0 |
Number of youth who indicated “yes or usually” to the Common Measures Experience Survey Question #13 “Is 4-H a place where you have a chance to be a leader?” (SEEC) |
| 4021.3) | 0 |
Number of youth who indicated “yes or usually” to the Common Measures Experience Survey Question #6 “Is 4-H A place where you get to figure out things for yourself?” (SEEC) |
| 4021.2) | 42 |
Number of youth who gained an understanding of the role of agriculture in the production of food, fiber, and wood products (KOSA) |
| 4021.1) | 36 |
Number of youth who demonstrated a skill that was learned or improved by participating in 4-H agriculture programming (PRACTICE) |
Author: Morgan Murphy
Major Program: Agriculture
This past summer, Elliott County 4-H was able to offer a 4-H Beekeeping club for youth ages 9-18. The 4-H beekeeping club consisted of youth learning about bees as pollinators and learning about how to become a beekeeper. Youth met every 2 weeks at the extension office where I have 3 beehives. Each week the kids worked on identifying eggs, brood, larvae, uncapped and capped honey, drones, worker bees, and of course the queen bee. As the club progressed, each member was able to become more indepe
Author: Morgan Murphy
Major Program: Agriculture
One of my 4-Hers, who was in my 4-H Bee Club, took what she learned from the club and has started her own hives! In our 4-H bee club 4-Hers helped with hive maintenance every 2 weeks, helped install a new queen, and learned the importance of pollinators in agriculture. My 4-Her decided she wanted bees after learning how they benefit crops and agriculture in general. Her family grows a lot of produce for our farmers market so they decided to invest in bees to see if they can increase their yield
