HONEY PRODUCTION, STOCKS, AND VALUE, 1998-1999 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- 


                  1998	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999	1998	 1999
Maryland	    7 	    6	  44	  46	    308	    276	    92	    50	 110	 164	   339	     453	
North Carolina	    8	    9	  59  	  46	    472	    414	   151	   104	 138	 162	   651 	     671	
VIRGINIA	    8 	    7	  37	  35	    296	    245	    86	    86	 133	 117	   394	     287	
West Virginia	    6	    6	  55	  39	    330	    234	   155	   152	 114	 109	   376	     255	
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/ 1998 revised.
2/ Does not include stocks under loan.
3/ Price weighted by sales.
4/ U.S. colonies multiplied by U.S. yield may not exactly equal U.S. Production due to rounding.