Every Fall, Tractor Supply Co. holds a Clover Campaign drive at their stores where customers can purchase a Clover to be donated to 4-H. This fall, the Foragers came out on Saturday to hold a fundraiser and educate the public on the importance of honey bees. We used a frame from a honey bee nuc […]
Feature photo courtesy of WillJayMoore Congratulations to our Forager member and club President, Gabby, for being featured in a YouTube series called I Became/I Tried by Will Jay Moore. He contacted our club and wanted to learn about honey bees. Gabby, who has been featured in the HBO documentary Saving My Tomorrow, agreed to educate […]
September marks the close of the 4H year and October starts the new year. That means our club holds elections during the September meeting. We got to hear several speeches from club members telling us what office they wanted to run for and why the club should vote for them to hold the position. Congratulations […]
For the August meeting, the Foragers made officer nominations and conducted our honey bee Skillathon. Before the nominations, our club member Paul gave the educational program on Sugar Water. The 4H year runs from October through September, so next month is the last month of our year. So we will be having elections for new […]
For the month of August, the Foragers completed another community service project. This time we visited the Tidewater Beekeeper’s Association Pollinator Garden and weeded it. This pollinator garden was installed as a girl scout project in the bee club’s apiary. It is a very long but narrow garden that runs the length of the fencing […]
This month the Foragers got to float in a swimming pool while conducting our 4H business meeting. Due to a bad storm and knocking out the building where the Foragers hold their meetings, we had to cancel the regularly scheduled meeting. Luckily, we had planned our annual fun day of a pool party at club […]
The Foragers combined a field day with a community service project last weekend when they visited Ms. Sandra’s apiary at Norfolk Christian School to do a hive inspection. The Foragers started the day with a tip on getting a quick health check of a beehive from: if the bees are bringing in pollen, then it’s […]
What an information-packed meeting! Sarah gave the educational program of the evening on Manuka Honey. Afterwards, we went into the business part of the meeting. Several certificates were awarded to the Foragers for completion of Community Service doing the Cat Mat Project and helping with the LifeNet Share the Love 5K, for participating in the […]
The Foragers spent the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend at the Strawberry Festival. Gabby, Nina, Kayla and Amariah helped setup the Foragers table and kick off the day of educating the public about the importance of honey bees. Sarah and Paul took the afternoon shift. We had an observation hive, which is always the highlight […]
The Foragers had their May meeting and the focus was preparing for the Strawberry Festival. First, the Foragers heard member, Ashten, present his educational program on the History of Honey. After the club business was conducted, Ms. Jen presented a crash course on Honey Bees. We have several new members and we wanted to make […]
