HONEY and BEESWAX
Production, Price, and Value , Montana, USA

Year Colonies
of Bees		 Honey
Yield Per
Colony		 Production Price Per Pound Value of Production
Honey Beeswax Honey Beeswax Honey Beeswax
(000) Pounds (000) Pounds Cents (000) Dollars
Series with beeswax discontinued.
1981 108 100 10,800 184 57 198.0 6,156 364
1980
1979
1978
1977
1976		 103
103
99
96
85		 104
128
89
57
112		 10,712
13,184
8,811
5,472
9,520		 214
224
159
104
162		 56.0
57.7
53.8
53.9
46.9		 190.0
164.0
178.0
172.0
108.0		 5,999
7,607
4,740
2,949
4,465		 407
367
283
179
175
1975
1974
1973
1972
1971		 83
81
78
74
74		 94
88
101
110
55		 7,802
7,128
7,878
8,140
4,070		 140
114
158
163
81		 47.3
50.1
41.4
30.4
21.4		 112.0
125.0
73.0
67.0
61.0		 3,690
3,571
3,261
2,475
871		 157
143
115
109
49
1970
1969
1968
1967
1966		 74
75
78
78
79		 105
125
85
98
80		 7,770
9,375
6,630
7,644
6,320		 155
178
133
153
126		 15.6
14.2
13.2
14.2
15.4		 61.0
61.0
66.0
62.0
49.0		 1,212
1331
875
1,085
973		 95
109
88
95
62
1965
1964
1963
1962
1961		 80
78
77
77
79		 72
63
125
64
73		 5,760
4,914
9,625
4,928
5,767		 121
93
173
94
115		 15.1
16.3
17.2
16.0
17.0		 46.0
44.0
43.0
43.0
44.0		 870
801
1,656
788
980		 56
41
74
40
51
1960
1959
1958
1957
1956		 83
82
78
74
69		 71
90
80
105
86		 5,893
7,380
6,240
7,770
5,934		 106
133
106
140
95		 16.7
15.1
14.5
16.0
16.7		 43.0
44.0
45.0
58.0
58.0		 984
1,114
905
1,243
991		 46
59
48
81
55
1955
1954
1953
1952
1951		 68
68
67
62
65		 91
85
90
83
80		 6,188
5,780
6,030
5,146
5,200		 105
104
98
93
94		 16.6
14.8
14.0
14.0
13.6		 53.0
45.0
41.0
42.0
53.0		 1,027
855
844
720
707		 56
48
40
39
50
1950
1949
1948
1947
1946		 62
62
64
64
52		 60
58
122
70
66		 3,720
3,596
7,808
4,480
3,432		 60
61
141
81
69		 14.3
12.2
12.4
21.9
22.5		 46.0
36.0
44.0
45.0
43.0		 532
439
968
981
772		 28
22
62
36
30
1945
1944
1943
1942		 50
44
39
37		 76
101
102
128		 3,800
4,444
3,978
4,736		 87
102
90
104		 16.1
15.3
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42.0
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680
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43
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