Honey Update; Notes From All Over, Part 1 -- January 18, 2020

From Billings Gazette, May 17, 2019: North Dakota leads nation in honey production for 15th year.

The Agriculture Department says producers with five or more colonies totaled 38.2 million pounds of honey in 2018, up 13% from the previous year. That led the nation for the 15th consecutive year.

The number of honey-producing colonies in North Dakota was up 16% to 530,000. Average yield was down 2 pounds, to 72 pounds per colony. [Nationally: 55.3 pounds/colony.]

Nationally, honey production was up 2%, to 152 million pounds. Montana produced the second-most honey, followed by California, South Dakota and Florida.

From KFRYTV, July 15, 2019: North Dakota avoiding national (and global) trend of record bee colongy losses.

They're aiming for 100 pounds per hive.

From KFYRTV, August 8, 2019: North Dakota honey harvest underway; expected to lead the nation in production.

From agweb, April 18, 2017: the top ten honey-producing states in America.