Hillside Honey Apiary

Hillside Honey is a family and veteran owned bee farm located in Kansas. We offer local raw unfiltered honey, infused and creamed honey, and a whole host of personal care products. We small batch and hand make all of our lotion bars, lip balms, hand creams, salves, deodorants and other skin care products using beeswax from our own beehives. Our bees forage on wildflowers on pastures and lands along the Missouri River from Leavenworth, Kansas to Atchison, Kansas.

About Beekeeping Tours

Many of our patrons wish to learn more about bees, but do not have the time or space to start their own beehive. We have created this opportunity to be an exciting way for families, church / school groups, Scouts, Trail life and AHG groups to get an up close and personal look at life and work of the beekeeper and the honeybee.

The tour lasts about 1 1/2 hours and consists of a 30 minute familiarization class on bees, beekeeping equipment, pollination and products from the bee hive. You will then suit up in one of our beekeeper’s suits and watch as our beekeeper opens a live bee hive with the group. Participants will have the opportunity to hold a frame of live bees if they wish.

How do I schedule a tour?

Tours are scheduled by reservation only. You must have a minimum of 10 people, and the reservations must include ages and approx. suit sizes needed for the participants. We do have “weebee” suits for the little ones, with our smallest suit about the size of a 4 year old.

Remember, Bee flexible!

Beekeeping tours are weather dependent, for obvious reasons. If it is raining, we do not open hives! We will reschedule your tour in the event of rain.