Hold a Frame of Bees in a Waialua Banana Grove
A North Shore honey farm suits you up, walks you to its hives through banana trees, then sets out its raw and infused honeys.
Hi Honey Farm keeps its hives on a working farm along Kaukonahua Road in Waialua, on Oʻahu's North Shore, and runs this tour on its own land. The listing lays the morning out in three parts: a short introduction to bees and honey, a suited-up walk through the banana trees to the hives, and a tasting of the farm's raw and infused honeys.
The walk is built around one moment, a frame of raw honeycomb in your own gloved hands with bees still on it.
The listing books 100 minutes. The farm's own booking system and two magazine write-ups call it an hour and a half.
This listing books the 9:00 AM tour and includes bottled water along with the suit and gloves. One booking takes up to ten travelers, and the listing caps a shared tour at ten. Children from 3 to 12 book at the child rate, everyone 13 and up at the adult rate, and each booking needs an adult on it.
Cancel at least 24 hours before the start for a full refund; inside 24 hours, nothing is refunded. The booking page also treats the tour as weather-dependent, with a new date or a full refund offered if weather calls it off.
Bee Farm Ecotour and Honey Tasting in Waialua, North Shore OahuAbout 100 minutes at Hi Honey Farm in Waialua: a bee talk, a suited hive visit and a raw honey tasting. 9:00 AM start, ages 3 and up.www.viator.comAt the Hives, Three Things to Look For
Everyone gets a full-body beekeeping suit and gloves before the walk out. The listing names three things the guides will try for at the hives, and it hedges them: the team will try to point out the queen, catch a bee being born and let you hold a frame of raw honeycomb.
HAWAIʻI Magazine's 2024 visit got all three, down to the group singing "Happy Birthday" to each bee that hatched. Its writer found the queen on the second frame lifted out of the box.
Phones stay out of reach once the suit is zipped. Honolulu Magazine noted in 2023 that the staff take photos throughout and send them over at the end, and the listing says guests are photographed holding frames.
Raw and Infused Honeys at the Tasting Table
Back from the hives, the tasting covers the farm's raw honeys and its infused ones. The listing says the line-up depends on season and availability, and the farm says its honey is never pasteurized or filtered.
Two magazine visits counted more than ten honeys in 2023 and ten in 2024. Honolulu Magazine's plate ran from ʻōhiʻa lehua, eucalyptus and macadamia nut honeys to avocado sprinkled with bee pollen under a spicy hot honey, and vanilla ice cream topped with matcha and pineapple honeys. Reviews from 2025 and 2026 still describe honey served over avocado and over ice cream.
Jars come from the Bee Bus, a retrofitted truck painted in yellow and black stripes that works as the farm shop. Anything you buy there is extra to the booking.
Ages, Allergies and What to Wear
The listing does not recommend the tour for children under three. From three to twelve, kids book at the child rate, and one 2024 review describes a family who came with a four-year-old and an eight-year-old.
The listing also does not recommend the tour for anyone with a bee-sting allergy.
The suit covers most of you; closed-toe shoes and socks are on you, and the farm's booking notes ask for both. The listing ticks stroller access even as it advises against children under three, and rates the tour suitable for all fitness levels. The walk to the hives is a short one through banana trees, and the operator's own photos show the hives standing on bare farm ground. The listing, the farm's tour page and its booking notes say nothing about wheelchair access. Ask the farm before you book if that matters for your group.
A Farm That Also Takes In Rescued Bees
By the farm's own account, founder Stanislav learned beekeeping from his grandfather in the Ural Mountains and took it up again on Oʻahu after coming across a wild hive while hiking behind his home.
The rescue side of the business is on the public record. The Navy says an estimated 500,000 bees found on a solar construction site at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam's West Loch Annex were relocated to HI Honey Farm in 2023. In the Navy's 2023 story, owner Stanislav Abdullin described a separate site he calls a "Bee'fugee." Rescued colonies are treated and checked for disease there before they go near the main apiary.
A 2023 reviewer mentioned seeing that rescue side of the business on the tour. The listing itself does not promise it.
🐝 Hi Honey Farm, 66-1128 Kaukonahua Road, Waialua. In the farm's words, the entrance sits behind the local fruit stand and bus stop, at the end of 'Snake Road' near Thompson Corner.
Message or call when you pull up beside the big yellow gate, and the team will open it if it isn't open already. Drive through and follow the road until you see the Bee Bus and the 'Park Here' signs. There is a gender-neutral outdoor porta-potty on site.
Flying home with a jar? TSA allows honey in carry-on bags only in containers of 3.4 ounces or less, and larger jars can go in checked luggage. A June 2026 reviewer's advice was to bring a checked bag for anything bigger than the small containers.
Then the suits go on, and the bees are a short walk away through the banana trees.