,,,,"Honey Production, Stocks, and Value, 2003-2004 1/",,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,, ," Producing","Yield Per ",,"Production","Stocks"," Average Price","Value of",,,,,, ,,"Colonies "," Colony "," Dec 15 2/","Per Pound 3/","Production",,,,,,, " ","-thousands-",,"-pounds- ","-000 pounds-","-000 pounds-"," -cents-","-000 dollars-",,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,2003,2004,2003,2004,2003,2004,2003,2004,2003,2004,2003,2004 ,"Maryland",2,"4/",42,"4/ ",84," 4/",21,"4/ ",193,"4/",162,"4/" ,"North Carolina",10,9,44,40,440,360,79,72,192,218,845,785 ,"VIRGINIA"," 6",7,37,38,222," 266",69,69,168,213,373,567 ,"West Virginia"," 8",9,47,55,376,495,194,183,189,142,711,703 ,"United States 4/ 5/",2599,2556,70,71.8,181727,183582,40785,61222,138.7,108.5,253106,201790 ,,,,,,,,,,,,, "/ For producers with five or more colonies. Colonies which produced honey in more than one state were counted in each state.",,,,,,,,,,,,, "2/DOES NOT INCLUDE STOCKS UNDER LOAN.",,,,,,,,,,,,, "3/PRICE WEIGHTED BY SALES.",,,,,,,,,,,,, "4/ 2004 data not published separately to avoid disclosing data for individual operations.",,,,,,,,,,,,, "5/ U.S. colonies multiplied by U.S. yield may not exactly equal U.S. Proudction due to rounding.",,,,,,,,,,,,,