Valor Honey

Happy honey harvesting! 🍯

This is our first honey harvest of the season. From this location, we harvested 31 supers, about 1500 lbs of honey from 24 hives. Thank you to the K-State Department of Entomology for coming out to help! You can see McLab at Kansas State University holding the fully capped honey frame. They were very excited to see that!

UPDATE: WE HAVE TO POSTPONE! Due to complications, we have to put volunteering on hold. We hope to give updates in about a week on rescheduling this.

Reach out to Greg Platt (785-775-0140) for updates!

We’re back in bees-ness!

Today was our great re-opening, made even sweeter🍯with a visit from Alicia from .

Now we can make our
Sriracha Honey Ketchup and
Hickory Honey Mustard sauces!

Meet Jake Wessel, Senator Moran's Agricultural representative. He was briefed on the develop ing American Honey Institute visiting its future home and observing bee hives. Kansas State University and Valor Honey hosted the visit. Jake, on the right, is shown with Dr. Brian McCornack, head of The Department of Entomology, a driving force in the new Institute. "Saving Lives, Saving Bees, Saving an Industry."

Tomorrow is Independence Day! 🇺🇸

🎇 Who's going to see some fireworks tomorrow? 🎆 Sound off with a "HOOAH!"

Have a safe and fun July 4th!

Wednesday’s where is the queen? This one is an ebony beauty. Photo taken from a hive at the KSTATE student farm where a Tuskegee student interning at KSU got to spot her first queen. Getting others excited about bees is what it’s all about!

If anyone is in need of empty bottles, we're selling some cases to clear space in our warehouse: https://www.valorhoney.org/clearance
📦 $42.93 - Case of 159 Empty 32 oz Honey Bottles
📦 $47.50 - Case of 190 Empty 24 oz Honey Bottles
PICK UP ONLY. Make sure to choose that at check out.

Anything you buy from our clearance will not only go back into our beekeeping program but also free up space in our warehouse. We use our warehouse to train veterans and others wanting to learn beekeeping. For any questions, contact Greg Platt at 785-775-0140.

CLEARANCE | Valor Honey We have cleaned out our warehouse and need your help! Anything you buy from our clearance will not only go back into our program but also free up space in our warehouse. We use our warehouse to train veterans and others wanting to learn beekeeping.

The newest location to sell Valor Honey. Go Visit Big Well in Greensburg, KS. It's an 8th wonder of Kansas!

It is possible for packages to make honey the first year. Providing them with a brood box of pulled wax helps of course. Our 175 Olivarez packages with Randy Oliver's Golden West Queens are averaging 2 full supers with as many as 5 and the flow is still on. Blooming Alfalfa, Hairy Vetch, Buckwheat, white sweet clover, late Yellow SweetClover, and more.

Welcome Home Nate! After a long deployment to Poland and other NATO countries with the Big Red One's Aviation Brigade, Chief Warrant Officer Nate Haase and Alicia Haase are adding supers. Nate is interning with Valor Honey. Alicia is a Journeyman , soon Master Beekeeper, and she is Valor Honey's Adminisrative Assistant. They plan on running their own
commercial operation when Nate retires.
Thank you both for serving our country and Welcome Home Nate!

Wednesday’s Where is the Queen? This queen is trying to find cells that are built out enough on some newly made wax to lay her eggs.

We will be hiring soon. If you are interested in becoming our Bee Program Manager caring for hundreds of bee colonies, assisting with training and internships, and working with some great people in a growing program, contact us at www.valorhoney.org.

We will also hire an Administrative Assistant to manage our warehouse and sideliner training facility, take orders, fill and ship or deliver them, maintain inventory, coordinate for volunteers, and more. Full or part time. Job announcements will be released soon.

Valor Honey recently donated hives to support K-State Department of Entomology graduate student research. The students are evaluating the impact of introducing domestic honey bees on existing native pollinators on Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) Lands. The honey bees' work in the research will run through September of this year.

It’s time for Wednesday’s where is the queen? Queen rearing can be challenging for beginners and sometimes you can overlook that sneaky queen when grabbing frames of bees to make a mating nuc. This was the case with this queen. It didn’t work out as a mating nuc because as you can see it has a big beautiful queen but that’s ok. This is one of the reasons it is actually important to be able to spot the queen and it’s a good lesson for our interns.

Valor Honey is now available at Riley Cafe!

They've been serving homemade items for the past 11 years and ran by the owner Christine and her family. When stopping by, we highly recommend trying the limited-time, daily specials. There's nothing like homemade food, so go support them 😋

Wednesday’s Where’s the queen? (It’s like Where’s Waldo but with bees). Finding this queen might prove to be challenging. You can check her out in the observation hive at Britt’s farm. We manage the hives and honey there. So head over to Britt’s, check out the observation hive and pick up some honey!

You can now support Valor Honey at KSU Dairy Bar! You can find it right next to the register when checking out. The Dairy Bar has a variety of great local products, from ice cream to Kansas State University Milling Science flour.

Your dairy bar just a whole lot more local! Come check out our Valor Honey display, right next to the register!! So grateful to have another department on campus represented at the Dairy Bar!

Alicia Hasse, a Valor Honey intern, learns how to graft queens. She also helped train a class of Afghan allies who are enrolled in a Valor Honey commercial beekeeping course designed especially for them. It is very special to see service members and their families, veterans, refugees, and K-State students learning together. "Saving Lives, Saving Bees, Saving an Industry."
Valor Honey, Kansas State University, The American Honey Producers Association, The Kansas Department of Agriculture. Together, we will make a difference!

Stop by Flint Hills Discovery Center immerse yourself within the wonder and beauty of the Flint Hills. Guests of all ages will enjoy exploring over 10,000 square feet of interactive exhibits and exciting temporary exhibits, as well as an one-of-a-kind theater experience and prairie-inspired outdoor plazas.

You can pick up Valor Honey in their gift shop.

Loved having KW Realty today at the warehouse! It was such fun teaching them about bees and getting a lot of work done at the same time. Volunteers are the driving force behind Valor Honey. Thank you guys!

Completing our first Kansas State University 3 credit hour beekeeping course is a major milestone for Valor Honey, The American Honey Producers Association, K-State, and the Kansas Department of Agriculture. Dr. Brian McCornack working alongside Gary LaGrange of Valor Honey and Chris Hiatt, President of the AHPA, are well on the way to accomplishing the creation of the American Beekeeping and Honey Institute. This initiative will bring a new level of knowledge and sophistication to a critical agricultural sector. As one of our K-State students said we are "Saving Lives, Saving Bees, and Saving an Industry". Follow us as we grow!

Wednesday’s Where’s the queen? (It’s like Where’s Waldo but with bees). This is from one of our new packages on the west side of Manhattan. This hive knows what they’re doing. This is a great laying pattern. It’s called a brood arch. The queen lays in a rounded arched pattern in the center, followed by a layer of pollen, and on the outer edge is nectar/honey. Those resources allow the nurse bees to have quick access to feed the brood. Such fun!

Looking to beautify your yard? 🌸 Check out business Blueville Nursery, Inc.

Blueville Nursery, Inc. is a full-service garden center, maintenance, landscaping operation for Manhattan, KS since 1933 and the surrounding area.
📍 Visit the store at: 4539 Anderson Ave Manhattan, KS 66503

They have Valor Honey available at their garden store during business hours year-round. 🍯🌿

Learn more about them here: https://www.bluevillenursery.com/

We're committed to providing the opportunity for veterans and others to find a passion in beekeeping. We're now aligned with K-State Entomology to provide an accredited beekeeping program. Thank you WIBW for sharing our mission.

Valor Honey provides the opportunity for veterans and others to find a passion in beekeeping A not-for-profit Manhattan organization is spreading its message and honey to help veterans.

Wednesday’s Where’s the queen? (It’s like Where’s Waldo but with bees). This is from one of our new packages. The queen is laying and the bees are happy