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Hawaii Honey Farm Tour: Discover Beekeeping and Honey
4.9
145 Ratings
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Immerse yourself in the world of bees and beekeeping at our honey farm in Hawaii. Take a beekeeping tour, sample raw honey, and learn about the industry from our knowledgeable beekeepers.
Immerse yourself in the world of bees and beekeeping at our honey farm in Hawaii. Take a beekeeping tour, sample raw honey, and learn about the industry from our knowledgeable beekeepers.
Duration:
1 hour
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Kealakekua Bay - When you visit our honey farm in Hawaii, you will enter the world of bees and beekeeping. We have a variety of activities for you and your family, only one of which requires advanced reservation. Take a beekeeping tour where you’ll have a box seat on beekeeping in a safe and secure screened area (reservations strongly…
- Kealakekua Bay - When you visit our honey farm in Hawaii, you will enter the world of bees and beekeeping. We have a variety of activities for you and your family, only one of which requires advanced reservation. Take a beekeeping tour where you’ll have a box seat on beekeeping in a safe and secure screened area (reservations strongly recommended). Visit our museum and tasting room to explore the amazing world of bees and enjoy a free sampling of our delicious, raw organic kinds of honey. You can also browse our store full of honey, beeswax products, and beekeeping memorabilia.
What's Included
- Snacks provided during the tour
- Snacks provided during the tour
What's Not Included
- Lunch
- Lunch
Additional Information
As you step into our honey farm based in Hawaii, you’ll gain a firsthand look into the beekeeping world and its substantial significance. Opting for our detailed beekeeping tour will grant you an exclusive view of the hives in action from a totally safe, screened location. Our professional beekeepers are at the ready to clarify all your bee and…
As you step into our honey farm based in Hawaii, you’ll gain a firsthand look into the beekeeping world and its substantial significance. Opting for our detailed beekeeping tour will grant you an exclusive view of the hives in action from a totally safe, screened location. Our professional beekeepers are at the ready to clarify all your bee and honey-related curiosities.
We further offer complimentary honey tasting, leaving you with a profound understanding of the distinction between unprocessed honey and the regular honey found in stores.
- $20 Kama’aina Adults Ages 19+ • Must present valid Hawaii State ID
- $10 Kama’aina Youth Ages 13-18 • Resident
- Persons allergic to bee stings should not take the tour but can visit the museum.
Location
82-1140 Meli Rd
Meli Road
Assemble at the museum/store. Written and video directions can be found on our website.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.9
(145 Ratings)
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Taralong1221
Jan 11, 2025
Great place to visit to do something different - Staff was very informative and helpful. The beekeeper was funny and engaging and asked a lot of questions and encouraged us to ask questions as well. You could really tell that he loves his job. The tour included samples, which were amazing.
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Agneso2025
Jan 2, 2025
Big Island Queens in a paradise in paradise. - I've been a bee keeper, on and off, for over half a century. Yes way "back in the days when..."
One bee hive, one summer and an FFA-4H project I agreed to under duress, turned into a life long love. Some might even say an an obsession with bees.
If given half an opportunity I will duck in see how bee keepers in different cultures, and climates tend to their bees. We found Big Island Bees on line searching "things to do on the Big Island". It's always exciting to feel invited.
As expected the tour and the honey tasting was interesting and informative. Our guide/bee steward, Joe a delight. Attentive, knowledgeable and also very funny. At the end of the tour there was quite a rush to shop and the store staff handled the onslaught graciously in the ma halo spirit
The honey shack/Art and History Museum is a treat as are the grounds. Modest but quietly teaming with rare and forgotten (AKA: old fashioned) plants. Joe gave us a quick side tour!
Bottom like: A quiet treat for a quiet afternoon in paradise... because you can't kite surf or swim with the dolphins every day.
Stock up on honey before you leave and remember to tip the guides, drivers baristas etc who helped make your time in Hawaii unforgettable. Living in paradise is spendy. A hui hou.
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Corymj3460ln
Dec 20, 2024
Thoroughly enjoyable - We had a Super enjoyable afternoon, this 4 generation ohana sure knows how to welcome with such warm hospitality and a thoroughly informative bee visit. Joe was hugely knowledgeable and fun and funny, we all shared a good many laughs together. The gift shop is loaded with great gifts, we left with a bag full. Highly recommend!
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167gailj
Oct 10, 2024
Perfect day with the bees - What a great experience. We were in a small group so we got a close-up view of the bees. Wonderful collection of bee tools and history in the museum. Their gift shop is really nice with reasonable prices for their honey products and gifts. We loved the whole thing!
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Kendrac263
Aug 18, 2024
Bee sure not to miss this! - We had a great time on our visit. Joe was very knowledgeable about all things bees and he was also very entertaining. This was by far the best apiary tour we have ever had. The honey is fantastic as well! We will ‘bee’ back sometime!
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Renko63
Aug 17, 2024
Great Experience - Bees are amazing! - We've visited the Big Island several times and were looking for something new to do. This tour was fabulous! Our guide Joe was extremely knowledgeable and peppered his talk with humor. Extremely interactive and fun. We'd recommend visiting while in South Kona.
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791tracyh
Jul 18, 2024
Informative and fun tour / delicious honey. - Joe was very knowledgeable and taught us all about bees in an informative and entertaining way. A great tour - well worth it. The honey was delicious- we purchased a jar of every kind we tasted ! The macadamia nut honey is sweet and pure. The chili pepper honey had a great kick. Loved this experience
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Hoosermom
Apr 14, 2024
Stay-cation tour! - Good tour! We live here and wanted to take my grandkids on a tour. It was great information on the bees. Great tour guide! Glad we went!
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Skhow62
May 18, 2024
Good tour! - Very knowledgeable staff. We learned a lot about beekeeping. Had a taste of several different honeys. They did a good job!
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X281gaac
Nov 26, 2024
Not a great experience - Let me start by saying you can purchase all their products (with the exception of the bath & body) in the any of the supermarkets around town & sometimes they're even on sale!
They do let you taste the honey, but it's a very small amount from a tiny plastic spoon. The girl that assisted us, charged me twice for the same products and had an excuse why her register couldn't provide me a receipt. To top it off, we missed the bee presentation and came in on the end of it and were rudely told to leave and come back another day!
In my personal opinion, I wouldn't waste my day or time driving down here. If you're a real "bee enthusiast" than maybe, but I didn't care for the treatment or being overcharged and having to deal with my credit card company afterwards.
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