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This is a badge bit (BB) that is part of the PEP curriculum.  Completing this BB is part of getting the wood badge in Animal Care.

In this Badge Bit you will be grow a large three season nectar harvest for honey bees!

Here are some related articles:
 - Plants for Year Round Bee Forage
 - Bee Friendly Plants for Every Season
 - Honey Bee Plants and Forage
 - Flowers for Bees
 - Bee Friendly: A Planting Guide for Honey Bees







To complete this BB, the minimum requirements are:
     - pics and description of planting
     - pics of thousands of blooms at 2 points in each season (six pics total)
     - at least two dozen species
     - species must be ones that attract honeybees
     - Minimum of 1/4 acre, can be divided among multiple locations

To show you've completed this Badge Bit, you must provide proof of the following as pictures or video (<2 mins):
 - post a list of the 24 (or more) species of flowering plants you are planting and mention when they bloom (must be plants honeybees like)
 - show planting of obviously hundreds or thousands of seeds
 - at least two or more pictures of thousands of flowers blooming in each season (spring, summer, fall) (six total pics)
 - demonstrate that area of three season honeybee nectar harvest is obviously more than 1/4 of an acre
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