Comments on: We Are the Beehive Girls, 1918

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 03:59:13 +0000

I wish I had these pictures last year (2008) when we did “New Beginnings 1916″. They would have been perfect. Thanks for sharing!

By: Tracy M

Tracy M — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 10:35:00 +0000

I’m loving the fact that the Beehives used to practice mummification. We need to bring that back.

By: Mark D.

Mark D. — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 06:27:04 +0000

I don’t think I have ever had more fun than the day I helped plant a rice paddy, little frogs jumping around and everything…

By: Mark B.

Mark B. — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 01:11:41 +0000

I’ve seen “people who know” planting rice, and if those lovely ladies of Loa were planting rice, the gods of the rice harvest would not have been pleased.

My guess is that they were practicing walking on water. With the water just 6 inches deep, there wasn’t much risk if they failed.

By: Ardis E. Parshall

Ardis E. Parshall — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 00:11:19 +0000

Allene, those requirements really were fun, judging from the written descriptions! I have intended, but not yet gotten around, to outlining the full Beehive program from those early times. Okay, you’ve given me the incentive. It’ll have to be a series of posts — trying to do it all in one post would be like trying to outline all the Scout merit badge requirements in one post!

What time period was your grandmother a Beekeeper? The program changed over time, and I want to be sure to cover your grandmother’s era.

By: Allene Cooper

Allene Cooper — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 00:08:05 +0000

Does anyone have the old list of the Beehive requirements? My Grandmother was Beehive leader for over 25 years in Lehi, Utah. And she had a really fun list of things the girls had to do to earn their awards.

By: Ardis E. Parshall

Ardis E. Parshall — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 23:47:27 +0000

Hunting tadpoles? Looking for their teacher’s lost wedding ring? Or seeing as how it’s Loa, maybe they’ve just never seen water before.

By: Researcher

Researcher — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 23:23:26 +0000

It looks like they’re growing rice.

Any other ideas???

By: Bruce Crow

Bruce Crow — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 23:11:42 +0000

I love these. Plus, it is a great way to broaden my daughter’s view of the world. OK, I give up. What are they doing in Loa, Utah?

By: Researcher

Researcher — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 23:04:49 +0000

I am rather prejudiced about this selection of photos. My clear favorite is the picture of the St. Johns Beehives; the girl on the left is my grandmother's mother and the woman on the right is my grandfather's grandmother. Thanks for posting this, Ardis. I have a scanned copy of the original on my blog and wasn't aware that it showed up in a church magazine. Here's a link to a copy of the original. I unfortunately don't know the identity of any of the nine girls or women in-between Jessie and Maggie.