Table AGR 37 . Concluded 



Crop and crop year 



Bearing 

 acreage 



Yield per 

 acre (boxes) 



Production value 

 ($) 



Tangerines 



1959-60 

 1964-65 

 1969-70 

 1974-75 

 1978-79 



6,993,000 



10,060,000 



6,697,000 



9,463,000 



15,457,000 



Table AGR 38. 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 ($) 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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