Tag Archives: Bees

Should You Be Afraid of Bees?

Paradise Meadows Apiary

When and why honeybees sting — and when and why they don’t. At Paradise Meadows, home of Hawaii’s Local Buzz, we have about 25 beehives. Most folks find bees fascinating, and some folks are terrified of bees. We thought it might be interesting to learn about when and why bees do and don’t sting people, […]

Does Fake Honey Save Bees?

Here at Paradise Meadows, home of Hawaii’s Local Buzz, we enjoy watching the ABC TV show Shark Tank. It’s a show that celebrates entrepreneurs, and we can easily identify with the folks who appear on Shark Tank hoping for an investment to help take their business to the next level. We especially applaud those who […]

A Fascinating TED Video Shows the Early Life of a Bee

Bees are remarkable little creatures with a complex social dynamic and amazing ability to produce delicious honey. Bee colonies are quite vulnerable to environmental change and habitat destruction. Looking closely at exactly what happens during a bee’s first days of life reveals just how magical and amazing their development process is. This fascinating video footage […]

How Much Work Do the Bees Put Into Your Delicious Hawaiian Honey?

how honey is made

Our delicious raw honey from Hawaii is truly a labor of love — on the part of the bees. It’s truly amazing that these buzzing insects are capable of producing such vast quantities of this sticky, sweet liquid. Thousands of bees work together to create each unique blend. A single honey bee can carry about […]

Learn More About the Hard-Working Bees Who Make Our Delicious Hawaiian Honey

Our raw honey from Hawaii is specially blended by the bees, who spend their days visiting various flowers and collecting tasty nectar. As the flowers that are in bloom change throughout the year, so do the flavors in the honey. It’s remarkable that such small creatures can create something so unique and delicious. When you […]