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The Story of Lehua & It's Current Plight

How to Make Beeswax Candles At Home

Real Versus Fake Honey

Do orchids produce nectar?

Do orchids produce nectar? Yes! About two thirds of the 30,000 orchids in the world produce nectar and pollen.

A beekeeper’s art: Interview with Garnett Puett

Our beekeeper, Garnett Puett, had his work displayed at a recent show at the Channel Gallery in Honolulu. You can find his interview with The Offsetter arts magazine here: http://theoffsetter.com/a...

Looking for a book for honey lovers?

  Considering how long people have been using honey, it’s no surprise that there is a wealth of knowledge about honey, and infinite recipes using it. If you are looking for a book for a real honey ...

Beekeeping and Honey Museum Grand Opening!

Over 50 family, friends, and neighbors gathered on October 28 to celebrate the opening of our honey and beekeeping museum.The event commenced with a Buddhist blessing by Reverend Jiko Nakade from K...

Raw Hawaiian Honey Versus Processed Honey

The attached audio news report, which Brownfield Ag News has generously allowed us to use, provides an excellent summary of the benefits of raw honey, and an interesting anecdote about raw honey fo...

Honey Quality: Do You Know What Your Bees Are Eating?

Most of us have heard the old adage: You are what you eat. And many people recognize that the quality of meat and dairy products is directly related to how animals are raised and what they eat. But...

Small Hive Beetle Threatens Hawaii’s Export of Queen Bees

The attached article describes the challenge Hawaii’s beekeepers and queen bee breeders face since the small hive beetle found its way to Hawaii. It has dramatically increased the complexity and di...

Summer Vacationing to Hawaii-Do You Know How to Travel with Your Honey?

As a reminder, we’ve been told informally that Big Island Bees’ honey is one of the most frequently confiscated items for travelers returning to the mainland from Hawaii. We receive a number of ema...

Macadamia blossom honey is here!

The honeybees are placed in the Macadamia Nut orchards of the Big Island from December to April. There they skip from flower to flower, pollinating the trees and foraging for nectar. In Spring, the...

Big Island Bees named 2011 sofi ™ Silver Finalist for Outstanding New Product

Kealakekua, Hawaii (June 15, 2011) – Big Island Bees’ organic Lehua & Cinnamon honey has been selected as a 2011 Silver Finalist for Outstanding New Product in the   sofi™ Awards from the Natio...

Varroa Mites Thwarted by Vampire Bees??

An interesting travel article about Transylvania in the Financial Times noted that bees in the Carpathian Forest of Transylvania are not afflicted by the varroa mite  found in bees elsewhere in Rom...

How Do Bees Communicate? They Dance Bee Dances!

Since bees are deaf, they don’t use verbal language to communicate. Instead, they dance to share information and to make requests. (Bees receive the input both by sight and by feeling the vibration...

Bee Hive Hierarchy and Activities

Each of our hives each has about 50,000 bees. Each hive has one queen, and 100 female worker bees for every male drone bee. The queen’s only job is to lay eggs and a drone’s job is to mate with the...

10 of the Most Interesting Facts About Bees & Honey

A single bee weighs .00025 pounds. 4,000 bees together weigh only one pound. Each of our hives has 50,000 bees, weighing 12 pounds together. A single bee can produce 1 tablespoon of honey in its...

Honey Applications

It will come as no surprise, but we eat a lot of honey! Here are some of our favorite ways to eat raw organic honey: In Tea: Our artisanal honey varietals pair beautifully as follows: Lehua with g...

Look for Hawaii's Seal of Quality on Hawaiian Organic Honey

The state of Hawaii initiated a quality control program in 2006 to help consumers distinguish genuine Hawaiian products from look-alike products that have only partial Hawaiian content or are proce...

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