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hey, so the garden island got part of the story; at least they got some of the story . but where's the picture?
any how, mahalo to young brother's community advisory board and to george costa with our county's office of economic development to fund some future KBee activities. they see the connection between healthy bees, a healthy environment and a healthy economy. of course if we want a healthy economy we need a healthy environment. food production is some thing we need more of not less. loosing all feral hives to varroa would be a significant loss for our pollinating friends. the impacts on our local flower power could be quite negative.  i'm no expert but me thinks it would be bad for the environment and the economy.
anywaze, here some info on varroa. pretty basic stuff but devastating for the bees. we'll have more information to share as we figure out a schedule of events and trainings for beekeepers and their  supporters. we'll need to build up the stocks of managed hives and increased apiary activities all across the island if we'd like to see our food productivity increase and not decline in the coming years. the longer we can hold off the infestation the better off we'll be. staying varroa mite free is a worthy cause. please join in the effort to build community around a vision of sustainable agriculture, right lively hood and environmental justice. with so much inter island traffic the likely hood of varroa coming to kauai is pretty high. we'll need to take every precaution with in reason to help our bees stay clean. we'll keep you posted on our progress. you might even read it here first