Bees in Okinawa

[RainbowHoney-Okinawa]

Hi there - does anyone know where I can get some honeybees in Okinawa? Thanks in advance!! Jeff

[Faroe]

This fellow may be able to help you, or have some advice, or you could try asking your local bee club:

Success story from Japan with Japan's native honey bees, Apis Cerana

[image] I succeeded in harvesting from my DIY JHB-Flow Hive (downsized Flow Hive for Japan’s native honey bees) on May 22, 2018. The JHB-Flow Hive is a hybrid bee box of a traditional pile box (as a brood box) and a Flow box (as a Flow Super). The Flow box has five half-long Flow frames. In three weeks all Flow Frames were capped after the Flow box sit on top of the filled-up brood box. Win-win Harvesting time (per frame) was less than ten minutes. The harvested honey is 0.7~0.9L/frame and is …

[miyazakih]

Dear Faroe,

Having received your mail (below) I have a question.

Is this a kind of reminder? If so, what should I do?

Best regards,

Hiroshi Miyazaki

[Faroe]

Hello Hiroshi,

Jeff @RainbowHoney-Okinawa would like some bees in Okinawa. I suggested you might know some suppliers or that he contact his local bee club.

I didn’t look at the map though, and now realise you may be a bit far from Jeff. But it is still good to have contacts with people in the same region I was also sharing your success with the Japanese bees.

Faroe

[RainbowHoney-Okinawa]

Hi Hitoshi-San,

I’m Jeff. I live in Okinawa. Faroe is helping me find honey bees!

It’s nice to meet you!

Jeff