Return to the Table of Contents for Publications ------------------------------------------------------------------------ HONEY March 2, 2001 Florida Agricultural Statistics Service | 1222 Woodward Street | Orlando, Florida 32803 | 407 / 648-6013 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ FLORIDA: Honey production in 2000 was 24,360,000 pounds, up five percent from 1999. Florida ranked fourth in production behind California, North Dakota and South Dakota. There were 232,000 colonies in Florida in 2000 with an average honey yield of 105 pounds per colony, three pounds per colony more than in 1999. Producers received an average of 54 cents per pound for the honey, up one cent per pound from the previous year. The value of Florida honey production in 2000 was $13.2 million, up from the 1999 value of $12.3 million. FLORIDA: Number of Colonies, Honey Production, Value, and Stocks, 1991-2000 Colonies Honey Year of bees Yield per Produc- Price Stocks 1/ colony tion per pounValue Dec 15 2/ 1,000 1,000 1,000 colonies Pounds pounds Cents dollars 1,000 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 2000 232 105 24,360 54 13,154 2,923 1/ Operations with 5 or more colonies. 2/ Stocks in producers' hands. UNITED STATES: Honey production in 2000 from producers with five or more colonies totaled 221 million pounds, up 8 percent from 1999. There were 2.63 million colonies producing honey in 2000, down two percent from 1999. Yield per colony averaged 83.9 pounds, up 7.5 pounds from the 76.4 pounds in 1999. Colonies which produced honey in more than one State were counted in each State so yields per colony may be understated. Colonies were not counted if honey was not harvested. Producer honey stocks were 86.2 million pounds on December 15, 2000, up nine percent from a year earlier. Prices for the 2000 crop averaged a 59.4 cents per pound, down one percent from 60.1 cents in 1999. 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 through retail, co-op and private channels. At the U.S. level, prices for each color are derived by weighting quantities sold for each marketing channel. Co-op and private prices were lower for all color classes except 'Other Honey' in 2000. UNITED STATES: Number of Colonies, Honey Production, Value and Stocks, 1991-2000 Honey Year Colonies Yield Produc- Price per Stocks of bees 1/ pound Value per colony tion Dec 15 3/ 2/ 1,000 colonies Pounds 1,000 pounds Cents 1,000 dollars 1,000 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 2,633 83.7 220,316 65.5 147,254 80,808 1999 4/ 2,688 76.4 205,250 60.1 126,075 79,375 2000 5/ 2,634 83.9 221,005 59.4 132,205 86,158 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, 1999 and 2000 Co-op and Private Retail All Color class 1999 1999 1999 1/ 2000 1/ 2000 1/ 2000 Cents per pound 60 56 123 119 60 58 Water white, extra white, and white .1 .2 .4 .4 .9 .4 55 54 124 122 59 59 Extra light amber .1 .0 .5 .7 .8 .3 51 49 129 137 59 58 Light amber, amber, and dark amber .2 .8 .1 .6 .0 .9 61 63 150 195 73 92 All other honey, area specialties .7 .7 .3 .3 .7 .4 56 54 126 132 60 59 All honey .4 .5 .6 .8 .1 .4 1/ Includes honey produced in 1999 that was sold in 2000. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ HONEY: Number of Colonies, Production, Stocks, and Value, 1999-2000 1/ Number of Yield per Stocks Average Value of Production price State colonies colony Dec 15 2/ per pound production 1999 2000 1999 2000 1999 2000 1999 2000 1999 2000 1999 2000 1,000 colonies Pounds 1,000 pounds Cents 1,000 dollars Alabama 17 16 68 78 1,156 1,248 185 187 56 59 647 736 Arizona 52 40 62 59 3,224 2,360 1,548 1,322 62 73 1,999 1,723 Arkansas 52 55 89 93 4,628 5,115 2,592 3,529 53 57 2,453 2,916 California 505 440 60 70 30,300 30,800 10,302 11,396 55 58 16,665 17,864 Colorado 27 29 76 60 2,052 1,740 1,436 957 68 62 1,395 1,079 Florida 228 232 102 105 23,256 24,360 4,186 2,923 53 54 12,326 13,154 Georgia 65 55 51 57 3,315 3,135 497 376 64 63 2,122 1,975 Hawaii 8 7 80 112 640 784 32 125 80 81 512 635 Idaho 120 100 48 47 5,760 4,700 3,110 2,679 59 52 3,398 2,444 Illinois 9 8 66 61 594 488 327 146 115 117 683 571 Indiana 10 8 81 65 810 520 437 286 90 103 729 536 Iowa 40 30 65 67 2,600 2,010 2,028 1,206 65 67 1,690 1,347 Kansas 13 15 67 68 871 1,020 854 520 111 91 967 928 Kentucky 3 3 50 48 150 144 12 40 124 135 186 194 Louisiana 48 43 114 94 5,472 4,042 821 1,334 49 52 2,681 2,102 Maine 14 11 22 21 308 231 89 143 83 75 256 173 Maryland 6 6 46 46 276 276 50 52 164 114 453 315 Michigan 73 72 85 75 6,205 5,400 3,475 2,970 66 60 4,095 3,240 Minnesota 145 150 82 90 11,890 13,500 3,210 3,105 61 57 7,253 7,695 Mississippi 18 17 73 72 1,314 1,224 591 649 54 69 710 845 Missouri 24 23 65 75 1,560 1,725 437 362 68 60 1,061 1,035 Montana 122 148 70 86 8,540 12,728 2,135 5,982 60 59 5,124 7,510 Nebraska 58 50 77 87 4,466 4,350 1,965 2,610 61 59 2,724 2,567 Nevada 9 10 45 35 405 350 271 95 154 145 624 508 New Jersey 10 11 44 35 440 385 154 200 57 61 251 235 New Mexico 15 15 52 64 780 960 476 739 77 72 601 691 New York 69 58 70 80 4,830 4,640 2,077 2,274 66 55 3,188 2,552 North Carolina 9 11 46 49 414 539 104 243 162 143 671 771 North Dakota 255 290 105 115 26,775 33,350 8,836 13,340 59 56 15,797 18,676 Ohio 20 18 74 65 1,480 1,170 784 585 72 79 1,066 924 Oklahoma 6 7 45 35 270 245 49 64 134 126 362 309 Oregon 45 48 57 51 2,565 2,448 2,026 1,665 80 66 2,052 1,616 Pennsylvania 25 22 60 45 1,500 990 705 554 76 76 1,140 752 South Dakota 224 235 104 121 23,296 28,435 13,046 12,796 60 57 13,978 16,208 Tennessee 8 9 51 61 408 549 106 104 130 143 530 785 Texas 108 105 81 79 8,748 8,295 2,799 2,986 64 57 5,599 4,728 Utah 26 24 45 41 1,170 984 433 462 68 60 796 590 Vermont 6 7 66 59 396 413 222 211 63 68 249 281 Virginia 7 7 35 42 245 294 86 103 117 150 287 441 Washington 52 52 50 54 2,600 2,808 1,170 1,151 60 58 1,560 1,629 West Virginia 6 7 39 54 234 378 152 234 109 122 255 461 Wisconsin 80 84 75 90 6,000 7,560 4,560 4,385 68 68 4,080 5,141 Wyoming 37 39 72 93 2,664 3,627 746 798 61 59 1,625 2,140 Other States 3/ 14 17 46 40 643 685 254 270 192 173 1,235 1,183 United States 4/ 2,688 2,634 76.4 83.9 205,250 221,005 79,375 86,158 60.1 59.4 126,075 132,205 1/ 1999 data 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