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Lion – Kindergarten
Champions for Nature Lion
Elective
Requirement 4

Dinner Time for Bees

Lion – Kindergarten
Champions for Nature Lion
Elective
Requirement 4

Dinner Time for Bees

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Plant native plants that attract bees. 

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  • Gardening pots of any size, at least one for each Cub Scout
  • Potting soil, enough to fill gardening pots 
  • Garden spades 
  • Native plants, a variety that attract bees in your geographic area
    • Plants that attract bees include; bee balm, echinacea, snapdragon, and hostas 
    • Wildflowers that attract bees include:  California poppies and evening primrose 
  • Water  
  • Covering for table 

Before the meeting: 

  1. Set up meeting space with tables and chairs. Protect the tabletop with newspapers or a plastic tablecloth.  

During the meeting: 

  1. Share with Cub Scouts the need to establish places for bees to feed. Bees are pollinators and planting flowers that bees like in a garden supports and maintains bees by supplying food in the form of pollen and nectar that will ensure that these important animals stay in the area to keep pollinating our crops for continued fruit and vegetable production. Questions to ask: 
    • Why are native plants so important to bees? 
    • What do bees produce as a result of pollination?  
  2. Distribute gardening pots to Cub Scouts. 
  3. Using a garden spade, or their hands, scoop gardening soil into pot about halfway. 
  4. Add the chosen plant to the pot.  Fill the gaps with soil. 
  5. Water the plant.  
  6. Set the plants outside in a place that gets at least 6 hours of sun a day.

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Bray Barnes is a recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award, Silver
Beaver, Silver Antelope, Silver Buffalo, and Learning for Life Distinguished
Service Award. He received the Messengers of Peace Hero award from
the royal family of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and he’s a life member of
the 101st Airborne Association and Vietnam Veterans Association. Barnes
serves as a senior fellow for the Global Federation of Competitiveness
Councils, a nonpartisan network of corporate CEOs, university presidents, and
national laboratory directors. He has also served as a senior executive for the
U.S. Department of Homeland Security, leading the first-responder program
and has two U.S. presidential appointments

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Managing Member Calje

David Alexander is a Baden-Powell Fellow, Summit Bechtel Reserve philanthropist, and recipient of the Silver Buffalo and Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. He is the founder of Caljet, one of the largest independent motor fuels terminals in the U.S. He has served the Arizona Petroleum Marketers Association, Teen Lifeline, and American Heart Association. A triathlete who has completed hundreds of races, Alexander has also mentored the women’s triathlon team at Arizona State University.

Glenn Adams

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Glenn Adams is a recipient of the Silver Beaver, Silver Antelope, Silver Buffalo, and Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. He is the former president of the National Eagle Scout Association and established the Glenn A. and Melinda W. Adams National Eagle Scout Service Project of the Year Award. He has more than 40 years of experience in the oil, gas, and energy fields, including serving as a president, owner, and CEO. Adams has also received multiple service awards from the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers.