Honeybees and native pollinators are essential to life on Hawai'i Island. They pollinate our fruits, vegetables, coffee, macadamia nuts, home gardens, and native plants.  Without them, our local food system, ecosystems, and future generations are at risk.

Local beekeepers across Hawai'i Island are experiencing severe hive losses after roadside and neighborhood herbicide spraying.  Bees forage on flowering plants that have been sprayed, carry contaminated nectar and pollen back to their hives, exposing brood, queens, and worker bees to toxic chemicals and surfactants.  Entire colonies collapse.

Beekeepers have also observed visible yellow staining in hive comb, indicating chemical residues persisting inside the hive where honey is stored and young bees are raised.

Despite public claims in past years that spraying would stop, herbicide use has continued under different products, and requests for transparency about what is being sprayed has been refused.

By signing this petition, you are supporting:

• An immediate halt to herbicide spraying on county-managed lands
• Full transparency about what chemicals are being used
• No-spray buffer zones near homes, schools, parks, waterways, and apiaries
• Pollinator-safe alternatives such as trimming, mulching, native plantings, and manual weed control
• Community oversight that includes beekeepers, scientists, and residents

We believe roadsides and public spaces can be managed without poisoning pollinators.

Every signature represents a family, a voice, and a future.