Walter T. Kelley

Walter T. Kelley (1897–1986) was an American beekeeper who created a large bee equipment supply and queen breeding company based in Clarkson, Kentucky.

He interrupted his education to enlist in the Army Signal Corps, 1918, but in a few months was released from service and returned to university.

He sold durable cypress hives and woodware originally built in Louisiana then later at his factory in Paducah,Kentucky.

[2] Kelley's business included a 100-acre (400,000 m2) farm in Cade, Louisiana, where his queen and package bee operation grew to 1500 colonies.

Kelly and his wife were major donors to the Twin Lakes Regional Medical Center in nearby Leitchfield and a wing of the hospital was named for them in their honor.