Anderson County
Youth Beekeeping Scholarship Program

Objectives

To educate youth in the art of beekeeping to promote a better understanding of the value of honey bees to our environment and to the food chain.
To provide an opportunity for youth to experience responsibility and enjoyment through
beekeeping
To provide an avenue for youth to engage in an avocation and gain the potential to pursue
beekeeping as a sideline or full-time vocation.
To further Anco Bee’s mission of educating the public about the importance of honey bees.

The applicant must be between the ages of 12 and 17 by December 1st of the current year.
The applicant must be willing to travel to monthly meetings and classes.
The applicant must be currently enrolled in public, private, or home school.
The applicant must have permission and agreement from parent or guardian
The applicant must reside in Anderson or a surrounding county.
The application must be submitted to AnCo Bees no later than October 25th of the current year
The applicant or the applicant’s immediate family cannot already be maintaining honey bee colonies.

A set of woodenware for a beehive.
A nuc or package of honey bees for the hive
Beekeeping equipment: gloves, hive tool, and bee smoker.
A beginning beekeeper seminar (20 hours, over 5 classes, held once a month in the first part of the year), registration and textbook.
A one-year family membership in AnCo Beekeepers.
Mentoring by a AnCo Bees member for one year.
Location to extract honey, free of charge to the student for the first year.
One free entry in the annual honey contest (including two free jars).
A yellow “Worker Bee” t-shirt, to be worn at all meetings and activities.

Finalists will be selected by the Youth Program Committee.
The Program Committee will arrange an interview with scholarship finalists and their
parents/guardian.
The scholarship will be awarded to those applicants selected by the Program Committee and presented at the AnCo Bees December Banquet preceding the scholarship year.

Attend all beginning beekeeping classes (both the student and parent/guardian).
Attend at least 10 of the association monthly meetings during the scholarship year.
By January 31, the student will write a paragraph about themselves as introduction to the club.
In the course of the scholarship, the student will: (1) present a short progress report of their beekeeping activities to date. This is called the hive report; (2) research and present a honey bee related topic to an audience; (3) write a follow up report of researched topic for the Bee Journal by the 21st of the month of their presentation.
Help facilitate the regular monthly meetings by assisting in various roles.