Return to the Table of Contents for Publications ------------------------------------------------------------------------ HONEY March 2, 2000 Florida Agricultural Statistics Service | 1222 Woodward Street | Orlando, Florida 32803 | 407 / 648-6013 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ FLORIDA: Honey production in 1999 was 23,256,000 pounds, up three percent from 1998. Florida ranked fourth in production behind California, North Dakota and South Dakota. There were 228,000 colonies in Florida in 1999. The average honey yield for Florida was 102 pounds per colony, four pounds per colony more than in 1998. Producers received an average of 53 cents per pound for the honey, down from 11 cents per pound from the previous year. The value of Florida honey production in 1999 was $12.3 million, down from the 1998 value of $14.4 million. FLORIDA: Number of Colonies, Honey Production, Value, and Stocks, 1991-99 Honey Colonies Year of Yield Produc- Price Stocks bees 1/ per tion per Value Dec 152/ colony pound 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 colonies Pounds pounds Cents dollars pounds 1991 225 83 18,675 53 9,898 1,307 1992 220 104 22,880 53 12,126 2,517 1993 200 113 22,600 50 11,300 2,712 1994 230 84 19,320 47 9,080 2,898 1995 230 86 19,780 64 12,659 1,780 1996 240 105 25,200 86 21,672 2,268 1997 240 67 16,080 73 11,738 2,734 1998 230 98 22,540 64 14,426 4,508 1999 228 102 23,256 53 12,326 4,186 1/ Operations with 5 or more colonies. 2/ Stocks in producers' hands. UNITED STATES: Honey production in 1999 from produc ers with five or more colonies totaled 205 million pounds, down 7 percent from 1998. There were 2.69 million colonies producing honey in 1999, up 2 percent from 1998. Yield per colony averaged 76.3 pounds, down 7.4 pounds from the 83.7 pounds in 1998. Colonies which produced in more than one State were counted in each State and yields per colony may be understated. Colonies were not counted if honey was not harvested. Producer honey stocks were 79.4 million pounds on December 15, 1999, down 2 percent from a year earlier. Prices for the 1999 crop averaged a 59.9 cents per pound, down 8 percent from 65.5 cents in 1998. Prices are based on retail sales by producers and sales to private processors and co-ops. At the State level, prices reflect the portions of honey sold retail, co-op and private. At the U.S. level, prices for each color are derived by weighting quanti ties sold for each marketing channel. Co-op and private prices were lower for all color classes in 1999. UNITED STATES: Number of Colonies, Honey Production, Value and Stocks, 1991-99 Honey Colonies Yield Year of bees1/ Produc- Price per Stocks per pound2/ Value Dec 153/ colony tion 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 colonies Pounds pounds Cents dollars pounds 1991 3,181 68.9 219,171 55.6 121,859 36,231 1992 3,030 72.8 220,584 55.0 121,321 38,933 1993 2,875 80.2 230,575 53.9 124,280 49,046 1994 2,783 78.4 218,187 52.8 115,203 59,877 1995 2,655 79.5 211,073 68.5 144,585 42,313 1996 2,581 77.3 199,511 88.8 177,166 47,206 1997 2,631 74.7 196,536 75.2 147,795 70,696 1998 4/ 2,633 83.7 220,316 65.5 147,254 80,808 1999 5/ 2,688 76.3 205,228 59.9 125,422 79,361 1/ Operations with 5 or more colonies. 2/ Weighted by reported sales. 3/ Stocks in producers' hands. 4/ Revised. 5/ Preliminary. UNITED STATES: Honey Prices by Color Class and Buyer, 1998 and 1999 Co-op and Retail All Color class Private 19981/ 1999 19981/ 1999 19981/ 1999 Cents per pound Water white, extra white, and white 64 .7 59 .5 113 .4 123 .4 65 .7 60 .5 Extra light amber 61 .2 55 .1 104 .8 124 .5 64 .2 59 .8 Light amber, amber, and dark amber 60 .2 51 .2 119 .9 129 .1 66 .0 59 .0 All other honey, area specialties 64 .5 61 .7 168 .4 150 .3 83 .2 73 .7 All honey 62 .9 56 .1 114 .7 126 .6 65 .5 59 .9 1/ Includes honey produced in 1998 that was sold in 1999. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ HONEY: Number of Colonies, Production, Stocks, and Value, 1998-991/ Number of Yield per Stocks Average Value of Production Dec 152/ price State colonies colony per pound production 1998 1999 1998 1999 1998 1999 1998 1999 1998 1999 1998 1999 1,000 colonies Pounds 1,000 pounds Cents 1,000 dollars Alabama 16 17 71 68 1,136 1,156 159 185 72 56 818 647 Arizona 55 52 60 62 3,300 3,224 1,485 1,548 64 62 2,112 1,999 Arkansas 53 52 65 89 3,445 4,628 1,688 2,592 59 53 2,033 2,453 California 450 505 83 60 37,350 30,300 12,326 10,302 62 53 23,157 16,059 Colorado 27 27 72 76 1,944 2,052 1,594 1,436 70 68 1,361 1,395 Florida 230 228 98 102 22,540 23,256 4,508 4,186 64 53 14,426 12,326 Georgia 75 65 56 51 4,200 3,315 307 497 69 64 2,898 2,122 Hawaii 8 8 118 80 944 640 66 32 75 78 708 499 Idaho 120 120 50 48 6,000 5,760 2,220 3,110 65 59 3,900 3,398 Illinois 9 9 71 66 639 594 204 327 119 115 760 683 Indiana 9 10 92 81 828 810 489 437 85 90 704 729 Iowa 50 40 78 65 3,900 2,600 2,301 2,028 70 65 2,730 1,690 Kansas 16 13 46 67 736 871 390 854 87 111 640 967 Kentucky 3 3 50 50 150 150 51 12 140 124 210 186 Louisiana 41 48 111 114 4,551 5,472 865 821 59 49 2,685 2,681 Maine 10 14 26 22 260 308 117 89 69 83 179 256 Maryland 7 6 44 46 308 276 92 50 110 164 339 453 Michigan 80 73 85 85 6,800 6,205 3,672 3,475 66 66 4,488 4,095 Minnesota 140 145 79 82 11,060 11,890 2,765 3,210 65 61 7,189 7,253 Mississippi 18 18 86 73 1,548 1,314 898 591 58 54 898 710 Missouri 23 24 66 65 1,518 1,560 455 437 76 68 1,154 1,061 Montana 115 122 122 70 14,030 8,540 5,472 2,135 64 60 8,979 5,124 Nebraska 64 58 70 77 4,480 4,466 2,240 1,965 86 61 3,853 2,724 Nevada 10 9 46 45 460 383 175 257 165 154 759 590 New Jersey 11 10 49 44 539 440 167 154 76 57 410 251 New Mexico 14 15 55 52 770 780 470 476 76 77 585 601 New York 65 69 80 70 5,200 4,830 2,444 2,077 70 66 3,640 3,188 North Carolina 8 9 59 46 472 414 151 104 138 162 651 671 North Dakota 230 255 128 105 29,440 26,775 8,832 8,836 63 59 18,547 15,797 Ohio 18 20 78 74 1,404 1,480 702 784 83 72 1,165 1,066 Oklahoma 4 6 51 45 204 270 63 49 124 134 253 362 Oregon 50 45 45 57 2,250 2,565 1,620 2,026 90 80 2,025 2,052 Pennsylvania 23 25 66 60 1,518 1,500 698 705 80 76 1,214 1,140 South Dakota 225 224 95 104 21,375 23,296 10,901 13,046 64 60 13,680 13,978 Tennessee 7 8 64 51 448 408 121 106 132 130 591 530 Texas 91 108 77 81 7,007 8,748 1,612 2,799 62 64 4,344 5,599 Utah 30 26 58 45 1,740 1,170 557 433 65 68 1,131 796 Vermont 6 6 64 66 384 396 207 222 85 63 326 249 Virginia 8 7 37 35 296 245 86 86 133 117 394 287 Washington 58 52 51 50 2,958 2,600 1,361 1,170 64 60 1,893 1,560 West Virginia 6 6 55 39 330 234 155 152 114 109 376 255 Wisconsin 89 80 91 75 8,099 6,000 5,264 4,560 72 68 5,831 4,080 Wyoming 46 37 60 72 2,760 2,664 524 746 68 61 1,877 1,625 Other States3/ 15 14 66 46 995 643 334 254 135 192 1,341 1,235 United States4/ 2,633 2,688 83.7 76.3 220,316 205,228 80,808 79,361 65.5 59.9 147,254 125,422 1/ 1998data revised. 2/ Does not include stocks under loan. 3/ CT, DE, MA, NH, RI , and SC not published separately to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. 4/ U.S. price weighted by survey expanded sales. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Return to the Table of Contents for Publications