date:Mar 26, 2013
, the U.S.D.A. said. Honey yield per colony averaged 56.1 lbs in 2012, down 6% from 59.6 lbs in 2011.
The five states of North Dakota, South Dakota, Florida, California and Minnesota accounted for 57% of the nations honey production in 2012, with top producing North Dakota producing 34,155,000 lbs, up 5% from 2011 and accounting for 23% of the total. Minnesota replaced Montana as the fifth-largest producing state in 2012.