The Hawai`i Beekeepers' Association's mission
is to assist and educate beekeepers,
to maintain beekeepers' individual rights,
to encourage beekeeping as a hobby and an industry,
to promote natural beekeeping methods
and to create a positive public image
of beekeeping and bees.
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URGENT ALERT: Varroa destructor mites
found on honey bees in Hawai`i!
On April 6, 2007, the parasitic mite Varroa destructor was detected on honey bees in Hawai`i for the first time.
Do not move any managed honey bee colonies within the City and County of Honolulu or between islands until further notice!
Please see our Varroa destructor mite page for more information, articles and resources.
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Tune and call in to TOWN SQUARE with Beth-Ann Kozlovich KIPO (Hawaii Public Radio) June 19 at 5:00 p.m.
HBA President Michael Kliks will be the guest to discuss area-wide suppression as the only answer for eradication of the Varroa mites on O`ahu.
It is very important that Hawaii beekeepers accross the islands voice your opinion regarding the urgent need for area wide suppression of Varroa on O`ahu... so it does not get to Kaua`i, Maui, Molokai, Ni`ihau and the Big Island!
The toll free number for other islands is 1-877-941-3689 and from O`ahu is is 941-3689.
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Next Regular Meeting of the HBA is Monday, August 25, 6pm at Manoa Gardens Elder Care Center, 2790 Kahaloa Drive, Honolulu
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