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Ashley L. Kierkiewicz Office: (808)961-8265
Council Member Fax: (808)961-8912
District 4 Puna ashley.kier•kiervicz@hawaiicor{nty.gov
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DATE: July 10, 2019
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TO: Aaron S. Y. Chung, Council Chairperson 60 =
And Members of the Hawaii County Council
FROM: Ashley L. Kierkiewicz, Council Member =
RE: A RESOLUTION TO ESTABLISH A HAWAII COUNTY APIARY STAKEHOLDER
WORKING GROUP.
Please find attached a resolution to establish a Hawaii County Apiary Stakeholder Working Group with
collaboration between District 4 and District 9.
I respectfully request this resolution be placed on the most appropriate committee agenda for the August
6, 2019 committee meetings.
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Presentation to the Hawaii
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August 6, 2019
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BIBA was established in April 1984
Has been an excellent outreach to all levels
of beekeepers
Monthly meetings
o Educational + Exhibition booths
Intro to Beekeeping presentations
o Promote beekeeping and education through
an annual Statewide Honey Challenge
o Maintain a learning apiary for the community
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1 queen bee per colony of bees
103LB of honey per healthy colony
annually in 2018
Pollinate flowers 3-5 miles away , _m
Worker bees only live 6 - 7 weeks
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defensive in nature, not aggressive
o Some crops require more bees
(Mac Nuts and lychee need 2-3
colonies/acre)
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The Hawaii Bee Industry
( Queen Breeding
Pollination Services
` Honey & Other Products _ __.
Queen Breeainq
The Mainland needs Hawaii's queen bees.
Hawaii is home to the top Queen bee producers in the world
Supply 25% of the US mainland & 75% of Canada
➢ Over 400,000 queens are exported each year , with a value of
$25435 each, for an annual revenue of $ 10 million
When Spring hits on the Mainland & Canada, Hawaii is one of the
only places where queens are ready to go, thanks to ideal year
round conditions.
• No lag time when preparing for pollination season
When natural disasters such as massive flooding hit the mainland,
which can wash away colonies, beekeepers who need to quickly
replenish their bee stock will often order queen bees
from Hawaii."
2 . Farm Sales Derived from Bee
Pollination
HAWAII- $212 Million
USA- $20 Billion
WORLD- $217 Billion
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Hawaiian Pollination Includes
Avocado, Blackberry, Blueberry, Citrus,
Coconuts, Coffee, Cucumber, Dragonfruit,
Grapefruit, Guava , Jackfruit, Lemons, Limes,
Longan , Loquat, Lychee, Macadamia Nuts,
Mango, Melons, Mulberry, Palm , Passionfruit,
Pomegranate, Rambutan , Raspberry,
Squash , Surinam Cherry, Tangelos
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Big Island Pollination Services
Crops Pollinated By Bees
Breakdown by Districts/Zones on the Big Island by Acreage, 201
Zone Mac Nut Crops Coffee Specialty Crops Tropical Fruit Truck Crops
North Kohala 1100 - 6 89 16
South Kohala - 457
Hamakua 778 - 61 395 249
North Hilo 20 - 22 335 410
South Hilo 3146 11 95 1245 1907
Puna 3703 27 4 762 298
a'u 5032 582 43 2'43 182
South Kona 6427 2588 12 2'6 23
North Kana 1053 2693 43 73 5
'M elrase J effrey H avvaii COLinty Food Self- Llfflnlency Baseline 20121 U H Hilo_
Big Island Pollination Services
Table Summa of Crop Acres on Hawaii Island 2012
Crops Acres
Aquaculture 165
Banana 436
f-7_ffee" 6,128
Dairy x (far pasture grass lands) 3,362
Flowers & Foliage 1,760
MacadamiaNUtS 21,111
Papaya 2,709
Specialty Crops' (Pala-for seed') 292
Taro 51
Tropical Fruits"(Lychee*, &5�W,LDn=", Mango", Dragon Fruit', 3,168
Avocado", Granges, other
Truck Crops"(Vegetables", Melons*, Squash", sweet potato, leaf and root crops, etc_) 3,597
Total 42,744
'Impacted Icy honey Hee pollination (Total = 34,296 acres impacted, or 6.0% of total crop production.)
"Melrose, Jeffrey, Hawaii County Food Self-Sufficiency Baseline 2012, HH Hilo_
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Honey & Other
Honey HONEY: Production and Value,
Wax State of Hawaii, 1946-2009
Million [xitmcls / Million dollars
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Pounds of Honey Produced
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BeeChallenges
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we used to for pollination
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Introduction of pests
V a rro a Mite -2008re► �
59.80 of reported colonies Q2, 2018o '
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Small Hive Beetles - 2010
o 640 of reported colonies Q2, 2018
Use of pesticides
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Climate change - heavy rains,
volcanic activity, drought, etc.
Total US managed honey bee colonies Loss Estimates
❑Acceptable Winter Loss oTota l Winter Loss ■Total Annual Loss
50.0%
45.0%
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