This has been a very good year for Valor Honey. We are now part of a Strategic Alliance with Kansas State University and the American Honey Producers Association. Together we are well on the way to creating the American Honey Institute. As one of our students says, you are "Saving Lives, Saving Bees, and Saving an Industry".
We just returned from the American Honey Producers Association annual conference in San Diego. Dr. Brian McCornack, in coming Chairman of Valor Honey and Head of the Kansas State University Department of Entomology, presented plans for the Institute ot the 400 plus producers in attendance. Lots of work to do but we are well on the way.
Our experience as a distributor for Olivarez Honey Bees was tremendously positive. We averaged 68 pounds of honey harvested from the packages we installed this Spring. Yes! Packages. We experimented with 150 Golden West Queen packages started with 2 or 3 frames of pulled wax. They built up fast, produced amazingly well, and they are the most docile bees we have ever worked with. Olivarez bees are simply awesome. We are offering packages and queens again this year at the same price as last year.
Please read Ray Olivarez' and Randy Oliver's rationale at the bee page for staying away from nucs. They are experienced, honest, and passionate about bees and they are doing everything they can to put together bees that will survive, produce, and give you a very positive experience.
We are moving ahead with the American Honey Institute. In a Strategic Alliance with the American Honey Producers Association and Kansas State University, we will open 5 Centers under one roof; Education, Research, Certification, Wellbeing, and Communications. Our vision is to restore the honey industry to what it once was and in the process, heal those in need of recovery.
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& SAVE A VETERAN
Every day, 22 Veterans take their own life. When you choose Valor Honey, 100% of your purchase goes to help Veterans find their way back to a life worth living.
We have found that after training with Valor Honey's proprietary beekeeping program, those with PTSD, brain injuries, and suicidal thoughts have improved substantially and after a full program, have fully recovered.
OUR MISSION
OUR HONEY
Our mission is to help transitioning service men and women suffering from invisible wounds of war through agriculture, specifically beekeeping.
In addition, our duty is to support agriculture and contribute to farming shortages, including beekeepers.
Inherent in our mission is research to save a vulnerable bee population and in doing so save a honey production industry that is in decline.
Our Valor brand proudly and respectfully salutes American military veterans. Decorated Veterans, who are themselves skilled beekeepers, founded our company and remain Valor’s leadership cornerstone.
Valor Honey is a product of our beekeeping program. Every bottle of Valor Honey is harvested or bottled by a Veteran and 100% of your purchase goes to help Veterans.
All Valor Honey is GenuHoney certified.
This means it's proven to be 100% USA Honey and can be tracked back to its individual beekeeper.
When you buy honey, you save a life.
It's that simple.
SUPPORT A PROGRAM THAT SUPPORTS OUR HEROES
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THIS PROGRAM
SAVED MY LIFE.
"I had lost all purpose in living and nothing made sense to me anymore. I was well on my way to becoming number 23 of the 22 who choose to take their own lives each day."
THIS PROGRAM HAS
MADE ME WHOLE.
I LOOKED FORWARD TO EACH DAY &
BEGAN TO HEAL.
"From the lowest place, I moved to the highest place in my life because of beekeeping and this program. It is far more than I could have imagined and it is because of the care and training that I have a full life today."
"Within months I became alive again. My life was given back to me because of this program."
Staff Sergeant Tim Heiman
US Army, 7 combat deployments
to Iraq and Afghanistan
LTC Mark Gifford
Tom Becker, Sergeant,
US Air Force
US Army, multiple deployments
to Iraq and Afghanistan
Multiple combat tours as an
explosive ordnance specialist.
JUST AS THE
BEES MAKE IT
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As part of Valor Honey’s training program, we ask the FDA and the Kansas Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety Specialists to thoroughly inspect our facility annually so that our students can learn the requirements.
We employ fully FDA-compliant extraction and packing facilities and strive to meet the highest food production protocols and standards out there.
All our honey is certified by GenuHoney® , the most comprehensive and credible honey authenticity certification program in the country, to ensure that our honey retains the purity and authenticity it had from the moment it was produced by the bees. All honey packed by Valor Honey can be traced back to the individual beekeepers who extracted the honey, and who are also GenuHoney® certified.
Look for the GenuHoney® seal on every bottle of Valor Honey®