First batch · Oahu, Hawaii

Raw honey, slow as a honu.

We're a small hobby apiary on Oahu. Our very first harvest is bottled and ready — every jar sold keeps our hives humming and spreads the word about what bees do for these islands.

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Oahu local pickup Island delivery Raw & unfiltered

Batch No. 1

Small harvest, bottled by hand

Our story

It started with a visit to a bee farm.

This hobby began at Hānai Hives, an Oahu bee farm where we first suited up and met the bees up close. One visit turned into a backyard apiary of our own — and now, our first harvest.

The name Honu comes up again and again for us. Like the Hawaiian green sea turtle, we believe in moving slowly, taking only what the bees can spare, and giving back to the place that feeds us.

Selling this first batch funds more hives, more flowers, and more conversations about why bees matter to Hawaii.

The honey

From frame to jar, nothing added.

We pull frames by hand, spin them gently, and bottle the honey raw and unfiltered. What the bees gathered from Oahu's blossoms is exactly what you taste.

Honeycomb frames fresh from the hive — Frames capped and ready for harvest

Harvesting raw honey from the comb — First harvest, spun and settled

Raw & unfiltered

Never heated, never fine-filtered. Pollen, enzymes, and flavor stay in the jar.

Single origin

Every jar comes from our own hives on Oahu — one place, one season, one batch.

Bee-first

We harvest only the surplus. The bees keep what they need to stay strong.

Why bees

Bees keep Hawaii blooming.

A third of what we eat exists because of pollinators. On the islands, honeybees work the blossoms of backyard mango, citrus, coffee, and native plants — quietly holding together gardens, farms, and forests.

Every jar of Honu Honey funds more hive care and more chances to show neighbors what the bees are doing — and how much depends on them.

Education board about bees and pollination

Reserve a jar

Local pickup or delivery, anywhere on Oahu.

Batch No. 1 is small, so we take reservations instead of running a storefront. Tell us how many jars you'd like and whether you'd rather pick up or have them delivered — we'll confirm by phone or email.

Pickup

Come meet the beekeepers (and wave at the hives from a safe distance).

Delivery

We drop off around the island on our weekly run.