05-10-2007, 12:43 PM
The USDA folks are inspecting beehives around the island to see if the varroa mite has gotten to this island. From what the fellow said, so far they haven't found any. Our island does ship a lot of queen bees from Kona off to the mainland, but we haven't been able to bring either bees or used bee equipment into the islands for quite some time.
Kurt Wilson