WELCOME TO HIATT HONEY
ABOUT US
Hiatt Honey was founded by Sid and Carol Hiatt, former elementary school teachers from Eastern Oregon, in 1968. They bought a thousand hives from a retiring beekeeper in Ephrata, Washington and began to build their business, with Sid working long hours moving bees and Carol running the books. Not long after, they started teaching their sons the tricks of the trade, and today the business is carried on by 5 of the Hiatt brothers. Majority of Sid and Carol's grandchildren have also been blessed with the opportunity to be involved and learn how to work, both in the warehouse and beeyards when not in school and in other agriculture-related events.
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Currently, Hiatt Honey operates out of Bowman, ND; Ephrata, WA; and Madera, CA. Our colonies spend early spring in the Central Valley pollinating primarily almonds, including our orchard. In April, our hives can be found in Washington and California's apple and orange orchards, respectively. We do produce some orange honey during springtime, but the main operation takes place in North Dakota. During the summer, we ship all of our bees and families to Bowman where the bees make high quality honey from sweet clover as well as alfalfa, sunflower, and other wildflower species.
THEÂ HONEY
When our honey leaves our warehouse in North Dakota to go to our packer in Pennsylvania, it is in its purest form. We allow our honey to naturally separate from the wax with time and filter it no further.
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Currently, we do not sell and ship our honey online or in store for retail purchase. If you are interested in buying raw, unfiltered honey from Hiatt Honey, please contact us directly below.
DO YOU LOVE BEES?
Maybe you love honey, or you simply know how important bees are in pollinating many of the plants we enjoy eating daily.
The truth is that bees- like many other insect species- are at risk. With urban development, land continues to be stripped of beneficial flora for pollinators. Many pesticides also kill bees and are still widely used in commercial agriculture.
For more information about what threatens bee health today, you can visit the Honey Bee Health Coalition's website.
To find out what you can do to make sure bees stick around for a long time, see this page from the Pollinator Partnership.