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Like Hawaii's sunshine showers, our seasonal tropical honey varietals are the essence of Hawaii's liquid gold. Naturally infused with the floral accents of the seasonal nectar flows of Hawaii Island's eastern coastline and upper volcanic reaches, Pualani Bee Farmʻs raw honey delivers the warmth and sweetness of tropical blossoms in every jar.
The continually changing character of nectar flows on Hawaii Island ensures that each harvest is a reflection of its terroir—the uniqueness of the place, time, and geography in which the bees produce the honey.
Throughout the year, Pualani Bee Farm's coastal honeybees produce the single-estate Tropical Wildflower Honey varietal by naturally blending the nectar of diverse floral sources, which they forage from the rainforests in and around the ahupua'a, or traditional Hawaiian land division, of Wa'a Wa'a. Quintessentially rich in flavor and sweetness, this amber-colored honey is a classic, must-have Hawaiian wildflower honey unlike any other in the world.
Our highland bees are located in Ohia Lehua rainforests in Eden Roc at about 1800 feet above sea level and near Kilauea Volcano's summit region at about 4000 feet above sea level, where they produce Eden's Nectar Reserve Honey and Volcano Gold Reserve Honey--both being highly-prized single-estate Lehua honey varietals.
Considered to be among the rarest varietals in the world, honeybees in Hawaii produce Lehua honey by foraging primarily from the Ohia Lehua plant, an endemic native Hawaiian flowering tree known for its fiery red pom-pom-like flowers. Lehua honey varietals varietals are known for their subtle sweetness, fast-crystalizing but smooth texture, and color that transforms from butter-yellow to ivory. Due to milder yet wetter upland weather conditions, our bees in Eden Roc and Volcano Village take their sweet time to forage in the cool and misty Ohia Lehua rainforests, yielding two harvests of these exquisite "champagnes" of raw Hawaiian honey,
In Hawaii, honeybees translate the rainbow of sunshine-filled flowers of the islands' plant life into colorful granules of bee pollen. Honeybees forage their local environment to produce bee pollen by mixing the fine dust of flower pollen, nectar, enzymes, honey, beeswax, and bee secretions to form protein-rich granules, which they feed to the honeybee larvae. The surrounding rainforest of Pualani Bee Farm offer our honeybees a diverse, abundant, and rich menu of plants to forage. Through most of the year, the mild climate allows the sustainable collection of fresh surplus bee pollen without harming the health and wellbeing of the hive.
For humans, bee pollen is a superfood made up of seasonally diverse, ever-changing, and multi-colored plant pollen from which the bees forage. With over 250 biologically active nutritional substances, bee pollen includes a wide variety of amino acids, carbohydrates, lipids, fatty acids, vitamins, minerals, enzymes, antioxidants, and antibiotics. Besides the general nutritional value of bee pollen, researchers also recommend it for numerous health benefits, such as to fight chronic diseases such as cancer and diabetes. It is also known to lower heart risk factors, boost liver function, improve the immune system, reduce inflammation and swelling, kill bacteria, prevent infections, heal wounds, ease menopausal symptoms, and improve overall metabolism.
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Bees produce a natural resinous substance, called propolis, or bee glue, from the sap and parts of plants, such as needle-leaved trees or evergreens. They use this compound as a coating to build their hives, smooth out the internal walls, repair gaps or cracks in the hive, insulate, and keep out external pests and invaders.
For thousands of years, ancient civilizations have obtained propolis from beehives for medicinal purposes. Today, researchers have identified propolis as having more than 300 compounds that include antibacterial, antiviral, antifungal, and anti-inflammatory properties. The majority are polyphenols or antioxidants that fight disease and benefit the human body. For example, propolis has shown to be effective in improving the effects of upper respiratory tract infections, common cold, sore throat, flu-like infections, wound healing, burns, acne, herpes simplex and herpes genitalis, neurodermatitis, diabetes, stomach ulcers, gingivitis, and inflammation, among others. Rarely available in its pure straight-from-the-hive form, Pualani Bee Farm's natural, unfiltered propolis chunks can be processed into a variety of forms, including orally in powder, tablet, liquid extract, and capsule form or applied topically in salves, creams, ointments, lotions, and tinctures, Before using propolis or propolis derivative products, healthcare providers should be consulted about the proper dosage, method of extraction, interactions, and duration of use,
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