Table AGR 38. Concluded. 



Bearing Yield per 'Production 



Crop and crop year acreage acre (boxes) (S) 



Tangerines 



1959-60 17,800 152 6,993,000 



1964-65 12,500 300 10,060,000 



1969-70 18,600 161 6,697,000 



1974-75 19,400 * 160 9,463,000 



1978-79 15,900 220 15,457,000 



Table AGR 39. Statewide number of colonies, production, and value of bees and 

 honey for 1970, 1975 and 1979 (Florida Department of Agriculture, Division of 

 Marketing ca. 1979d). 



Bee products 1970 1975 1979 



Colonies of bees 364,000 360,000 360,000 



Honey yield (lb) per colony 69 68 78 



Honey production (lb) 25,116,000 24,480,000 28,080,000 



Honey production value (S) 3,968,000 10,820,000 14,826,000 



Beeswax production (lb) 452,000 343,000 337,000 



Beeswax production value ($) 289,000 326,000 573,000 



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