MISCELLANEOUS LIVESTOCK 



BEE AND HONEY : 



Honey production in Massachusetts totaled 396,000 pounds in 1979, 6 percent less than the pre- 

 vious year. The reduced production resulted from lower yield per colony, as the number of 

 colonies remained the same, at 12,000. The price received per pound of honey was 20 cents lower in 

 1979 than the record high price of $1.03 in 1977 and 1978. 

 MINK: 



Mink pelt production in Massachusetts in 1979 totaled 18,000 pelts, down 2,000 pelts from 1978. 

 Of the pelts produced in 1979, 8.9 percent were standard; 30.0 percent were pastel; 13.9 percent were 

 pearl; 27.2 percent were demibuff and 20.0 percent were other colors. Mink females bred to produce 

 kits in 1980 totaled 5,200 down 100 from 1979. 



BEES, HONEY AND BEESWAX: COLONIES OF BEES, PRODUCTION 

 PRICE PER POUND AND VALUE OF PRODUCTION, MASSACHUSETTS, 1970-1979 



COLONIES 



OF 



BEES 



HONEY 



YIELD 

 PER COLONY 



PRODUC- 

 TION 



PRICE 

 PER POUND 



VALUE OF 

 PRODUCTION 



BEESWAX 



PRODUC- 

 TION 



PRICE 

 PER POUND 



VALUE OF 

 PRODUCTION 



1,000 



Lbs. 



24 

 25 

 19 



26 

 16 

 27 

 19 



22 

 35 

 33 



1,000 Dols. 



3 

 4 

 2 



4 

 4 

 9 

 4 



10 

 10 



18 



