MISCELLANEOUS LIVESTOCK 



BEES AND HONEY 



Apiarists in Massachusetts kept 12,000 bee colonies in 1980, unchanged since 1974. There were 288,000 

 pounds of honey produced in 1980, down 27 percent from 1979 and 31 percent lower than 1978. The decreased 

 production was mostly due to bad weather for bees making honey. Yield per colony in 1980 was 24 pounds 

 compared to 33 pounds in 1979 and 35 pounds in 1980. The 1980 value of production of honey was $294,000, 

 down from the $329,000 in 1979 and $433,000 in 1978. 



BEES, HONEY AND BEESWAX: COLONIES OF BEES, PRODUCTION, 

 PRICE PER POUND AND VALUE OF PRODUCTION, MASSACHUSEHS, 1971-1980 



YEAR 



COLONIES 



OF 



BEES 



HONEY 



Yield 

 Per Colony 



Production 



Price 

 Per Pound 



Value Of 

 Production 



BEESWAX 



Production 



Price 

 Per Pound 



Value Of 

 Production 



MINK 



Mink pelt production in Massachusetts in 1980 totaled 17,400 pelts, 600 fewer than the total produced in 

 1979. Of the pelts produced in 1980, 36 percent were pastel, 30 percent were demibuff and 13 percent were 

 pearl. Mink females bred to produce kits in 1981 totaled 3,900, only 75 percent of the bred females for 

 the 1980 crop. 



TOTAL 



MINK: PRODUCTION, RANCHES AND FEMALES BRED TO PRODUCE KITS, MASSACHUSETTS, 1978-1981 



20,000 18,000 17,400 



16 



N.A. 



12 



14 



5,700 



5,400 



5,200 



3,900 



y Included in Others to avoid disclosing individual operations. 



