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Kellie Honey Farm

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Kellie Honey Farm

We sell raw unfiltered honey in various size containers from one pound to 55 gallon drums. We produce a high quality NATURAL honey.

Our honey is not filtered like large bottling companys. We leave in all nutrients and pollens in our honey creating what is known as Raw honey. It is heated very little so all enzymes will not be ruined. Over 44 years of profesional experience in honey production, Queen breeding, Nuc production. Pricing:

1lb jar- $8
3lb jar- $20
5lb jar- $ 28
For buckets and barrels please call
(620)-285-6451

06/05/2026

Some times beekeeping involves everything but beekeeping your colonies. Monday I was called to a COOP to catch a swarm that had decided the side of the elevator was a good place to be. I rounded them up and moved them in the night to one of my yards. ( bees can’t see to fly at night and they will stay with the hive when moving them).
I worked with several hobby beekeepers the next two days including installing a new queen. I also was able to inspect a Layens hive with a new beekeeper. The bees were calm and were progressing along nicely. Today was spent in one of my own yards but not inspecting my bees. The last storm that went through blew over a dead tree, and heavy limbs off another tree which blocked the drive in. I brought the heavy equipment to move the giant limbs. The dead tree had fallen all around one of my hive but missed a direct hit. So the chainsaw came out to cut limbs, then I could pickup the main trunk with my Bobcat. Sadly I will miss NEKBA FUNDAY Saturday in Lawrence. There are national speakers and many friends I love to be with during the day. Last year I was speaker and I was looking forward to this year just learning and listening. Mother Nature has been on a rampage this spring and my attention to the bees take priority. There is always next year.

05/29/2026

This week I spent a lot of time just before day break or sunrise moving colonies into our last pollination yard. I have been pollinating crops on this farm each summer for several years now. Approximately 18 billion dollars worth of crops, vegetables, and fruits are pollinated by honey bees in the US each year. Last but not least , I enjoyed watching rain falling in an actual mud puddle. It’s a good start.

05/15/2026

Mother Nature in western Kansas can be very fickle. With no rain for sometime now, our bees suddenly became in danger of starving. We were ready just in case and began feeding them. This is a rarity for us this time of year. The drought is effecting everything farming and we need rain desperately. This week found me greeting the sun coming up as we moved bees out of the winter yards. Today Mrs beekeeper went one way by being at the farmers market for Pawnee valley Hospital. I went the other way checking our bee yards for a nectar flow. As you look at the pictures of the bees closely you will see some with no whitening of the comb meaning the area is still absent of anything blooming. Other hives, one can look closely and see whitening of combs. One hive even had excess nectar being stored in the upper supers. I stopped to check a clover field and an Alfalfa field and found some bloom. Unfortunately with zero rain both were empty of nectar and had no aroma. We are staying vigilant watching or bees closely.

05/01/2026

This week was cold and misty. So not much outdoor beekeeping was done. There is always something to do in beekeeping. The w**ds in the yards are starting to grow and the w**d whacker received an overhaul. More supers were cleaned and scraped. Due to many years of beekeeping, I am on committees both National and State, which can indeed take up time. That said I am happy to help work on beekeeping issues, in all levels. Also working with new beekeepers locally. The sun will be shinning next week ( well mostly) and it is back out to check the progress of our colonies. RAIN IS STILL NEEDED.

04/24/2026

We had a little excitement this week. A swarm landed on the door of Legends Liquor store. It took a little convincing to get the bees to stay in the super I had for them. But once the queen was placed inside the box, and placed a little honey in as well, they decided to stay and I carried them off at dark.
I was also able to catch a queen inspecting a cell and then laying an egg inside and moving off to another cell. They are super busy laying eggs this time of year and can lay around 2,000 eggs per day. Spring season often catches me seeing the sunrise or in this case the sunset as I left the last yard yesterday. Hope you all have a good weekend and we see some rain fall.

04/17/2026

Another week, seems it went pretty fast. I don’t think I have shown you propolis before which is the first pic. In hot weather, it is extremely sticky and very rock hard in the cold. This is the medicine that the bees use and try to coat everything to fight against pathogens and viruses. While beekeepers work harder as everything is stuck together, for bees this is absolutely vital to their well being.
Our colonies are progressing just a little ahead but not to far. I am finding full frames of brood, lots of orange colored pollen, and still using last years honey as just small amounts of nectar are coming in . Tuesday and Wednesday is our bottling, labeling and delivery day. It was busy very busy. Lastly as with most farmers we are feeling the cost of fuel and of course it is our busy time of year. This season is compared to farmers planting seed. If we don’t do this right and time it, we get very little to nothing. Thankfully all is going well.

04/10/2026

The end of another week. Sand hill plum is now full bloom and our bees are enjoying the pollen and fresh nectar. I have been moving some bees at night to equal our yards with bees. We are waiting for rain but it looks like we are still left waiting. Lastly, after several questions about “local honey”, If you are not sure of the claim. Look at the address on the label to see where it was packed. If it is hours away or hundreds of miles ( for instance far eastern part of the state). Odds are high it isn’t from this area. LOCAL BEEKEEPER-LOCAL HONEY.

04/03/2026

Another busy week. We are happy to announce our State processing license was renewed, we delivered packages to beekeepers and a few for myself. The end of the week we released queens into their new colonies. It’s that time of year!!!

03/27/2026

Ending this week on a good note. Our colonies are now bringing in plenty of pollen, along with plenty of bees hatching to begin the spring season. Today I also helped with a beekeeping class in St John Kansas, meeting some very nice potential beekeepers. This next week is starting new colonies, checking queens, making sure they have plenty of food to make it to nectar flow.

03/11/2026

Back inside today. Cold, staying in the low 40’s with a steady wind out of the North at 28 mph. So back to cleaning frames, adding new frames, repairing lids and prep to paint. Stay warm today bees.

Address

304 W 12th Street
Larned, KS
67550

Telephone

(620) 285-6451

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