Virginia

     Virginia's honey production (from producers with at least five colonies) totaled 424,000 pounds in 1997. Total production was up 74,000 pounds from the previous year. The yield per colony was up three pounds from the previous year at 53 pounds compared to 50 pounds in 1996. Stocks were 37 percent of production compared with 34 percent in 1996.    

United States

    United States honey production for 1997 (from producers with five or more colonies) totaled 192 million pounds, down three percent from 1996. There were 2.58 million honey producing colonies in 1997, compared with 2.56 million in 1996. Yield per colony averaged 74.6 pounds, down 2.7 pounds from the 77.3 pounds in 1996. Colonies that produced in more than one state were counted in each state and yields may be understated. .

Colonies, Production, Stocks and Value, 1996 - 1997 Virginia, Selected States and U.S.
1996 1/
State	Number of Colonies	Yield Per Colony	Production	Stocks Dec. 15 2/	Average Price Per Pound	Value of Production
	-Thousand-	-Pounds-	-Thousand Pounds-		-Cents-	-Thousand Dollars-
Maryland	7	32	224	40	121	271
North Carolina	12	44	528	53	104	549
VIRGINIA	7	50	350	119	148	518
West Virginia	10	59	590	207	159	938
United States 3/	2,564	77.3	198,197	46,967	88.8	175,999

1997
State	Number of Colonies	Yield Per Colony	Production	Stocks Dec. 15 2/	Average Price Per Pound	Value of Production
	-Thousand-	-Pounds-	-Thousand Pounds-	-Thousand Pounds-	-Cents-	-Thousand Dollars-
Maryland	6	40	240	65	159	382
North Carolina	8	58	464	139	119	552
VIRGINIA	8	53	424	157	145	615
West Virginia	8	70	560	280	111	622
United States 3/	2,579	74.6	192,393	69,059	75.2	144,680
1/ Revised. 2/ Does not include Stocks under loan. 3/ Weighted by sales.