Beekeeping Merit Badge History

Earned through 191387

Best year191362 earned

Earned by Year

First earned in 1912. Peak year 1913 with 62. Hover over or tap a year for its numbers.

19110 earned

191225 earned#23 of 51

191362 earned#25 of 56

"#25 of 56" means the badge was number 25 of the 56 merit badges earned that year. The total adds up only the years with a known count.

19110none earned

191225#23 of 51

191362#25 of 56

Total of the known years through 1913:

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Beekeeping: workbook data

Printings (57)

Have	Year	Month	Cover	Back	Run	©	BSA #	UPC	HC	Notes
c	1920		1C							Bee Keeping-HB 20th Edition reference
	1921	not made
c	1922		2							Bee Keeping - 15c Radio
	1923	not made
c	1924		2							Bee Keeping - 15c Radio
	1925		2							Bee Keeping
c	1925		3A over 2	back-3						Bee Keeping
x	1925		3A	back-3			3362			Bee Keeping
c	1926		3A	back-3			3362			Bee Keeping
c	1927		3A	back-3			3362			Bee Keeping
	1928	not made
	1929	not made
c	1930	April	3B	back-3			3362			Bee Keeping
x	1931	June	3B	back-3			3362			Bee Keeping
	1932	August	3B	back-3	4M		3362			Bee Keeping
	1933	not made
x	1934	December	3B	back-3	1M		3362			Bee Keeping
	1935	not made
x	1936	October	3B	back-3	1M		3362			Bee Keeping
	1937	not made
x	1938	August	3B	back-3	1M		3362			Bee Keeping
	1939	not made
x	1940	November	3B	back-3	1M		3362			Bee Keeping
	1941	not made
c	1942	May	3B	back-3	1M		3362			Bee Keeping
	1943	not made
x	1944	June	5A	back-5a	2M		3362			Bee Keeping
x	1945	June	5B	blank	2M		3362			Bee Keeping
	1946	not made
x	1947	March	5B	blank	2M		3362			Bee Keeping
	1948	not made
x	1949	December	5B	blank	1M		3362			Bee Keeping
x	1950	September	5B	blank	1M		3362			Bee Keeping
x	1951	August	5B	back-6a	1M		3362			Bee Keeping
x	1952	July	6A	back-6b-1	1M		3362
x	1953	May	6A	back-6b-1	1M		3362
	1954	February	6A		2M		3362
x	1955	January	6A	back-6b-2	2M		3362
x	1955	December	6A	back-6b-2	2M		3362
x	1956	July	6A	back-6b-2	4M		3362
x	1957	November	6B	back-6b-2	3M	1957	3362		HCJV1
	1958	not made
x	1959	October	6B	back-6c-2	2M	1957	3362
x	1960	May	6B	back-6d	2M	1957	3362		HCJV2
x	1961	April	6B	back-6e	2M	1957	3362		HCJV2
x	1962	May	6B	back-6f	2M	1957	3362
x	1963	June	6B	back-6g	2M	1957	3362
x	1964	January	6B	back-6g	2.5M	1957	3362
x	1965	February	6B	back-6h	2.5M	1957	3362
x	1966	March	6B	back-6i	2.5M	1957	3362
	1967	not made
	1968	March	7		2.5M	1957	3362
x	1969	April	7	back-7	3M	1957	3362
x	1970	July	7	back-7	3M	1957	3362		HCSV1
	1971	not made
x	1972	November	8	back-8a	2.5M	1957	3362
x	1973	December	8	back-8a	4M	1957	3362
c	1974	November	8		4M	1957	3362
x	1975	December	8	back-8c1	3.5M	1957	3362
	1976	not made
c	1977	March	8		2.8M	1957	3362
c	1978	June	8		2.5M	1957	3362
x	1979	September	9A	back-9a	2M	1957	3362
	1980	not made
x	1981	July	9A	back-9a	2M		3362
x	1982	June	9A	back-9a	2.4M		3362
x	1983	June	9B		2.4M		3362
x	1984	November	9B	back-9b-1	2.4M		3362
	1985	not made
x	1986	June	9B	back-9b-2	2M		3362
	1987	August	9B	back-9b-2	2M		3362
x	1988	December	9B	back-9b-2	2M		3362
x	1989	October	9B	back-9b-2	2M		3362
	1990	not made
x	1991	July	9B	back-9c-1	2M		3362
	1992	not made
x	1993	May	9B	back-9c-2	2M		33362	730176333625
	1994	not made

Earned and rank by year

Year	Earned	Rank	Of
1911	0
1912	25	23	51
1913	62	25	56