Malia Libby Save the Bees, Associate
9/23/2020
Having grown up in Hawai?i, I take pride in the fact that we are home to world-famous Kona coffee. Our own rich volcanic soil and trademark tropical weather are arguably the best things to have happened to the mighty coffee bean.
But there?s another equally important ingredient to this magical elixir?bees. With visits from these helpful pollinators, coffee yields can increase by more than 50 percent. Coffee, like many other crops grown in the U.S., from avocado to cucumbers to alfalfa (used to feed livestock), owes a lot to the perennially hardworking bee.