National Beekeeping Contest Winner
Venya Gunjal, Cobb County 4-H’er, has placed third in the National 4-H Beekeeping Essay Competition! Twenty-two states were represented in the national contest.
In addition to a $250.00 cash prize, her essay will be published in ABF Quarterly, the magazine of the American Beekeeping Federation and she will also receive a hard-cover copy of the acclaimed book The Lives of Bees: The Untold Story of the Honey Bee in the Wild by Dr. Thomas D. Seeley, Professor, Cornell University.
Click the link below to read Venya’s winning essay:
http://preservationofhoneybees.org/essays/2020-essays
The Georgia 4-H Beekeeping Essay Competition is graciously sponsored by the Georgia Beekeepers Association; the national competition is sponsored by the Foundation for the Preservation of Honey Bees.
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