Bees4Vets is accepting students for the 2026 season

by | Dec 16, 2025 | Uncategorized

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Bees4Vets is accepting students for the 2026 beekeeping season. If you are a veteran or first repsonder with PTSD or TBI and want to try something different that can help, give our program a look. If you know a veteran or first responder with PTSD or TBI, give our program a look and have them give it a look. (There is no cost to our students for the program.)  We are located in the Reno area and particpants need to be able to get here weekly from April to the end of October.

We are happy to answer your questions. Just drop us an email at beekeeper@bees4vets.org, contact us on FB, or use the contact form on the website.

We have 10 spaces available in the program and those are filled on a first come, first serve basis.

 

 

 

 

Bees4Vets 2025 season is coming up fast!

by | Feb 27, 2025 | News

We’re rapidly coming up on the start of beekeeping season for 2025.  We still have a couple of spaces open for new students this year.  If you or anyone you know would benefit from our program, is a First Responder or Veteran with PTSD or a TBI, please contact us.  We’re happy to answer any questions about the program and look forward to hearing from you.

 

 

Our thanks to 3 generous Foundations!

by | May 9, 2024 | Uncategorized

This 2024 season we are grateful to be funded by three notable foundations whose grants help us purchase the honey bees, equipment, supplies and graduation gifts given to our Veterans and First Responders. Without the generosity of these local foundations, we would not be able to provide the experiences that can help with “staying in the moment”, and opportunities to learn the art of beekeeping. On behalf of those who come out for just a day, to those that wrangle bees for a year – Thank you so much for keeping the buzz going!!

• Help Save the Bees Foundation

• NV Energy Foundation

• Robert Z Hawkins Foundation

 

 

 

 

 

 

The 2024 Bees4Vets Program is off and flying!

by | May 9, 2024 | News

Well, sort of…May 4th was unseasonably cold so we had to move indoors for a mock “Honey Bee Installation Day” that included a lecture on beekeeping equipment. Following the presentation and pizza party, bee coats and other program items such as smokers, hive tools and Kim Flottum’s “The Backyard Beekeeper” were distributed to attendees. We are looking forward to May 11th, and hopefully warm sunny weather to get out and enjoy the beauty of our Truckee Meadows with a few hundred thousand humming bees.

 

 

 

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2023 program has begun!

by | Mar 30, 2023 | Uncategorized

Veteran's Support Group for Jan 2023 with the Governor.

2023 is proving to be our best year yet! 10 new honey bee nucleus colonies will be funded by a generous grant from NV Energy Foundation. These colonies will be provided to our 10 new Participants to learn beekeeping for the 2023 season. We are so grateful for the Foundation’s bee-lief in us!

On March 15th we were invited to the 2023 Veterans and Military Day at the Legislature (VAMDAL) to receive our award for Veteran Supporter of the Month (January 2023). These last years have been an amazing journey of new relationships and teaching beekeeping to our local veteran and first responder community. We share our successes with you, as they are truly for you. Thank you so much for joining us in the apiary and enjoying the BuZz. Bravo Zulu!