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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPowerPoint BIBA 2024Presentation to the Windward Planning Commission July 1st, 2024 1 © 2024 Big Island Beekeepers Association All Rights Reserved Bill 144 Relating to Beekeeping & Apiaries Introduction BIBA was established in April 1984 Has been an excellent outreach to all levels of beekeepers Monthly meetings Educational + Exhibition booths Intro to Beekeeping presentations Promote beekeeping and education through an annual Statewide Honey Challenge Maintain a learning apiary for the community © 2024 Big Island Beekeepers Association All Rights Reserved 2 General Bee Info 1 queen bee per colony of bees 103LB of honey per healthy colony annually in 2018 Pollinate flowers 3-5 miles away Worker bees only live 6 - 7 weeks The Western Honey Bee Apis Mellifera and specifically the Italian subspecies honey bees are bred for honey production & lack of aggression 3 © 2024 Big Island Beekeepers Association All Rights Reserved 4 © 2024 Big Island Beekeepers Association All Rights Reserved Statewide vs Hawaii Island 5 Total beekeepers: 413 Total Colonies: 20,698 Total Commercial Operations: 5 Total Sideliners: 27 Total Hobbyist: 381 180 (44%) 18,142 (88%) *(DOA State Registry program estimates) ended in 2018) Total Queen Breeding Operations: 7 © 2024 Big Island Beekeepers Association All Rights Reserved Legalities & Implications It is illegal to import live bees into Hawaii, only drone (male bee) semen can be brought in This means it is VITAL to keep local colonies healthy to sustain the genetics and numbers on the island. 6 © 2024 Big Island Beekeepers Association All Rights Reserved The Hawaii Bee Industry Queen Breeding Pollination Services Honey & Other Products 7 © 2024 Big Island Beekeepers Association All Rights Reserved 1. Queen Breeding The Mainland needs Hawaii’s queen bees. Hawaii is home to the top Queen bee producers in the world Supply 40% of the US mainland & 60% of Canada & International Over 600,000 queens are exported each year, with a value of $25- $40 each, for an annual revenue of $20 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.” 8 © 2024 Big Island Beekeepers Association All Rights Reserved Department of Ag Apiary Program The Apiary Program is the only government agency that conducts quarterly health inspections to facilitate queen honey bee exports in Hawaii. Processes international export certificates to Canada of queen bees (over 100 certificates processed each year during a 5-month period) Physically inspect ~650 hives annually to ensure 600,000 exported queen bees are free of diseases, exotic pests, etc. 9 © 2024 Big Island Beekeepers Association All Rights Reserved 2. Farm Sales Derived from Bee Pollination HAWAII- $212 Million USA- $15 - $20 Billion Canada - $7 Billion WORLD- $217 Billion 10 © 2024 Big Island Beekeepers Association All Rights Reserved 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 11 © 2024 Big Island Beekeepers Association All Rights Reserved Big Island Pollination Services 12 © 2024 Big Island Beekeepers Association All Rights Reserved Big Island Pollination Services 13 © 2024 Big Island Beekeepers Association All Rights Reserved 3. Honey & Other Products 14 Honey ($4.12M)*2021 Wax Propolis Pollen Cosmetics Pharmaceuticals Honey Wine, Beer, Spirits © 2024 Big Island Beekeepers Association All Rights Reserved Pounds of Honey Produced per Colony State of Hawaii – USDA NASS Survey 1987 - 2018 15 © 2024 Big Island Beekeepers Association All Rights Reserved Bee Challenges We can’t rely on “wild bees” like we used to for pollination Introduction of pests Varroa Mite -2008 59.8% of reported colonies Q2, 2018 Small Hive Beetles – 2010 64% of reported colonies Q2, 2018 Use of pesticides Climate change – heavy rains, volcanic activity, drought, etc. 16 © 2024 Big Island Beekeepers Association All Rights Reserved 17 48.2% US Managed Honey Bee Colonies Loss Rates © 2024 Big Island Beekeepers Association All Rights ReservedReflects 314,360 colonies from 3,006 beekeepers Removing Apiaries from Zoning Will aid in securing food sovereignty and allow small businesses and families that rely on sales of honey, bee products, (bee pollinated) fruit and other crops to supplement income. It will also bring current beekeeper hobbyists into compliance 18 © 2024 Big Island Beekeepers Association All Rights Reserved Lot Size & Bee Density Bee forage is the #1 indicator of whether a location can sustain bees. A small lot in Puna can sustain a higher density vs an ocean front lot in Kona Restricting by lot size inadvertently discriminates against people who cannot afford a larger lot The Stakeholder group has agreed upon limiting it to 15 hives on lots smaller than 20,000 sq. feet for public wellbeing. 19 © 2024 Big Island Beekeepers Association All Rights Reserved San Francisco for Example… SF has no lot size or density restriction as beekeeping is seen as “important to the economy and welfare of the people of the State of California. Protection and promotion of this important industry is in the interest of the people of CA” If San Francisco can do it, why not Hilo? 20 © 2024 Big Island Beekeepers Association All Rights Reserved NBC News @ W. Hotel, SF Self-Sufficiency You are here 21 © 2024 Big Island Beekeepers Association All Rights Reserved Achieving Cohesion Beekeepers + BIBA Hawaii DOA – Apiary Assistants Community Legislation 22 © 2024 Big Island Beekeepers Association All Rights Reserved MAHALO! Bee the Change 23 © 2024 Big Island Beekeepers Association All Rights Reserved