What’s the connection between bees, quilts and Langenburg’s proposed new swimming pool? The answer is Janine Meyer and Cheryl Haas.The two women have been getting together regularly in Meyer’s basement since February to “Make a Buzz for the New Swimming Pool.”The outcome of their work is a beautifully designed and crafted handmade quilt which will help raise funds for the town’s new pool.The theme of the large quilt is bees, which shouldn’t be entirely surprising given Meyer’s family business, Glory Bee Honey. All of its individual pieces of fabric are bee related. Some have actual drawings of bees while others are less apparent,such as pieces with crowns on them, in reference to the queen bee of a hive.“There are a lot of hours there,” Meyer said, tracing her hand over the finished product which can only be described as a one-of-a-kind piece of art. It required both time to cut the individual pieces of material but also to sew them together in an eye-catching pattern from top to bottom, side to side. Haas said she had a design in mind when plans for it were still in the early stages but, “I really didn’t know how to put it all together.”The theme, though, was set from start to finish and that was to reflect “the importance of bees” in our world.They have been looking for, and frequently purchasing, suitable bee releated materials when checking out fabric shops over the months and that variety is clearly evident.They credit Dan and Joyce Karau of Perfect Tension Quilts and Crafts in Esterhazy for helping them with some of the more difficult aspects of the project. And while it was a lot of hard work, often spent sitting on the floor in Meyer’s basement they say it usually came with “a lot of laughs and a little wine.”Now that it is finished they are making it available to the group raising funds for the new pool. Lottery tickets for the quilt will soon be on sale for $5 each and will remain available until the draw date which will be during Laff & Linger Daze 2020.Watch for posters and other notices about where the tickets are going to be available.