Why Bees Matter
Pollinators
Biodiversity
Sustainability
Future
Life
Bees pollinate nearly 75% of the crops we eat and countless wild plants.
They are essential to healthy ecosystems and a thriving planet.
Healthy bee populations support food security, clean air, and a balanced environment.
Protecting bees today ensures a better world for tomorrow.
Bees are essential to survival. Yet, bee populations are in sharp decline.
BEes Are Everything
A Wake-Up Call for the World
Without bees, there is no food.
Without food, there is no future.
Bees pollinate nearly 75% of the crops we eat.
They are not just essential to biodiversity.
They are essential to survival.
Yet, bee populations are in sharp decline due to habitat destruction, chemical exposure, monocropping, and environmental collapse.
Habitat Loss
Wild spaces are disappearing, taking food and shelter with them.
Pesticides and harsh chemicals weaken and harm bee populations.
Monocropping
Chemical Exposure
Environmental Collapse
Climate change and pollution threaten the future of bees.
Lack of diverse crops reduces nutrition and weakens hives.
The Big Island of Hawai‘i
The Big Island of Hawai‘i is more than just a place of breathtaking beauty and sacred volcanic soil.
It is one of the most important sanctuaries on Earth for the survival of bees.
Nestled in the heart of the Pacific, this island serves as a lifeline for pollinators across the globe, supplying healthy, disease-free bees naturally adapted to the U.S. mainland, but also to Canada.
Hawai‘i's unique bloom cycles and isolation from many mainland pests make it an ideal place for sustainable bee breeding and queen bee production.
Healthy bees from Hawai‘i help protect pollinators, support agriculture, and sustain ecosystems worldwide.
Pollination Power
From the almond groves in California to the canola fields in Washington, from the orchards in Canada to crops across North America, agriculture depends on the pollination power of bees bred in Hawai‘i.
Every jar of honey, every fresh fruit, every crunchy nut owes something to this island's quiet yet monumental labor of love.
Nearly 75%
of the crops we eat depend on pollinators.
Every honeybee colony
pollinates millions of flowers every single day.
Bees are essential
to biodiversity and healthy ecosystems.
Healthy bees today
create a stronger, safer, more sustainable future.