coffee:
coffee flowers have a unique superpower – they are self-pollinating! However, this doesn't mean that bees aren't helpful to have around the coffee farm. Even though arabica coffee flowers self-pollinate, plants visited pollinating insects produce more fruit and therefore more coffee! At Kauai Coffee, we host several beehives every year to make sure our trees and flowers are happy and healthy. Keeping bees on the farm also has the sweet benefit of producing coffee blossom honey which is delicious and has floral and citrus notes that compliment coffee and tea quite nicely. Blossom honey is available for purchase at the Kauai Coffee Visitor Center and on our website after the flowering season.image
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