{"id":1046,"date":"2013-01-12T15:48:37","date_gmt":"2013-01-12T21:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sweetmountainfarm.com\/?page_id=1046"},"modified":"2016-04-06T14:29:35","modified_gmt":"2016-04-06T19:29:35","slug":"domestic-honey-production","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sweetmountainfarm.com\/index.php\/honey-industry\/domestic-honey-production","title":{"rendered":"Domestic Honey Production"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>\u00a0 Domestic Honey Production represents 39% of total demand<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>10 states produce 77% of the total domestic honey supply.<\/li>\n<li>Top producing states are\u00a0North Dakota, South Dakota and California.<\/li>\n<li>In 2011 domestic honey production was 148 million pounds. 24 years ago, the U.S. produced 220 million pounds. The attrition is foreign competition, imitation honey, and unhealthy bees (i.e., Varroa mites \u201880\u2019s and CCD \u201806.<\/li>\n<li>Production is primarily dependent upon bee health and weather.<\/li>\n<li>In 2011 with 2.5 million colonies, each hive produced, on average, \u00a051 lbs of honey.<\/li>\n<li>USDA has estimated that there are between 139,600 and 212,000 beekeepers in the United States.\u00a0 A 2012 survey conducted by Bee Culture Magazine suggests that there are <a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outgoing\/www.honey.com\/newsroom\/press-kits\/honey-industry-facts');\" title=\"Number of U.S. Beekeepers\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.honey.com\/newsroom\/press-kits\/honey-industry-facts\" target=\"_blank\">115,000-125,000 beekeepers<\/a> in the U.S.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1101\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1101\" style=\"width: 434px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sweetmountainfarm.com\/index.php\/honey-production\/attachment\/state-pie-chart\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1101\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1101   \" title=\"Domestic Honey Production\" src=\"https:\/\/sweetmountainfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/State-Pie-Chart.jpg\" alt=\"Domestic Honey Production\" width=\"434\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sweetmountainfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/State-Pie-Chart.jpg 1446w, https:\/\/sweetmountainfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/State-Pie-Chart-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sweetmountainfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/State-Pie-Chart-800x495.jpg 800w, https:\/\/sweetmountainfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/State-Pie-Chart-600x371.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 434px) 100vw, 434px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1101\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Top 10 Honey Producing States &#8211; 2011 (000) in pounds produced<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Using the<a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outgoing\/www.bradley.edu\/about\/publications\/bradleyworks\/2011\/noteworthy\/beekeepers\/');\" title=\"Dr. Wendy Schweigert Bradley University\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.bradley.edu\/about\/publications\/bradleyworks\/2011\/noteworthy\/beekeepers\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Bradley University Survey<\/a> of 1,300 beekeepers along with the USDA honey production data, the following table was extrapolated to show the population of commercial, sideline and hobby beekeepers by state. It assumes there are 120,000 U.S. Beekeepers.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1114\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1114\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sweetmountainfarm.com\/index.php\/honey-production\/attachment\/state-extrapolation\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1114\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1114    \" title=\"2011 Honey Production\" src=\"https:\/\/sweetmountainfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/State-extrapolation.jpg\" alt=\"Domestic Honey Production\" width=\"660\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sweetmountainfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/State-extrapolation.jpg 2200w, https:\/\/sweetmountainfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/State-extrapolation-300x153.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sweetmountainfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/State-extrapolation-800x409.jpg 800w, https:\/\/sweetmountainfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/State-extrapolation-600x307.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1114\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2011 Market Extrapolation based on USDA &amp; Bradley University Survey Results<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Domestic Honey Production represents 39% of total demand 10 states produce 77% of the total domestic honey supply. Top producing states are\u00a0North Dakota, South Dakota and California. In 2011 domestic honey production was 148 million pounds. 24 years ago, the U.S. produced 220 million pounds. The attrition is foreign competition, imitation honey, and unhealthy <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3679,"parent":1060,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1046","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.8.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Domestic honey production demographics pounds hives beekeepers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Domestic honey production statistics in pounds produced. Total market, how many hives, how many beekeepers by top 10 producing states. 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