Table 21 . Colonies of Bees - Inventory and Honey Sales: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Geographic area 
Colonies inventory 
Honey cellected ' 
Honey sales 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Pounds 
Farms 
Value 
($1,000) 
United States Total 
United States 2012 
38,261 
3,282,570 
22,827 
143,016,889 
17,300 
263,951 
2007 
27,908 
2,902,732 
16,905 
152,057,812 
(NA) 
(NA) 
States, 2012 
Alabama 
758 
1 1 ,628 
488 
413,054 
371 
977 
Alaska 
35 
546 
47 
32,623 
34 
198 
Arizona 
220 
58,461 
148 
1,819,300 
141 
3,145 
Arkansas 
550 
23,259 
242 
1,488,986 
165 
2,470 
California 
1,890 
945,589 
991 
12,088,653 
719 
20,485 
Colorado 
619 
34,813 
357 
1,271,243 
259 
2,627 
Connecticut 
397 
5,639 
291 
155,991 
227 
609 
Delaware 
45 
817 
33 
7,060 
27 
24 
Florida 
1,018 
206,654 
692 
11,145,626 
552 
18,788 
Georgia 
838 
64,213 
522 
2,999,818 
374 
5,708 
Flawaii 
203 
8,630 
139 
591,628 
101 
1,702 
Idaho 
305 
103,604 
188 
2,760,492 
136 
4,746 
Illinois 
919 
10,043 
581 
438,029 
460 
1,758 
Indiana 
993 
13,017 
655 
593,489 
509 
1,256 
Iowa 
651 
30,004 
446 
2,098,870 
370 
4,462 
Kansas 
455 
10,726 
229 
388,758 
180 
824 
Kentucky 
1,869 
12,669 
1,027 
344,306 
718 
898 
Louisiana 
323 
34,905 
210 
3,055,249 
165 
5,102 
Maine 
457 
14,456 
273 
411,832 
188 
805 
Maryland 
356 
7,892 
174 
114,631 
136 
325 
Massachusetts 
546 
4,666 
357 
123,434 
301 
508 
Michigan 
1,151 
78,995 
737 
3,973,247 
575 
6,874 
Minnesota 
650 
101,424 
543 
8,489,410 
453 
15,814 
Mississippi 
506 
36,097 
281 
2,858,769 
193 
4,419 
Missouri 
1,290 
14,561 
560 
513,441 
372 
1,051 
Montana 
222 
119,002 
147 
7,906,649 
117 
13,377 
Nebraska 
329 
44,895 
238 
3,346,370 
204 
5,660 
Nevada 
102 
10,182 
71 
363,787 
66 
587 
New Hampshire 
268 
2,912 
158 
94,679 
111 
319 
New Jersey 
368 
13,298 
236 
579,738 
206 
1,128 
New Mexico 
318 
15,088 
191 
446,013 
112 
605 
New York 
1,168 
70,557 
708 
3,490,482 
588 
6,690 
North Carolina 
2,165 
24,225 
1,267 
707,430 
974 
1,668 
North Dakota 
160 
370,480 
154 
29,193,610 
154 
53,594 
Ohio 
2,271 
21,398 
1,378 
1,077,414 
1,078 
2,006 
Oklahoma 
637 
21,011 
264 
86,894 
186 
256 
Oregon 
1,020 
82,190 
533 
1,911,402 
383 
3,630 
Pennsylvania 
1,529 
32,023 
880 
819,689 
689 
1,729 
Rhode Island 
121 
739 
71 
21,379 
61 
115 
South Carolina 
848 
10,083 
499 
461,123 
349 
1,244 
South Dakota 
173 
210,447 
142 
15,976,650 
129 
29,937 
Tennessee 
1,743 
14,161 
1,041 
481,862 
758 
1,209 
Texas 
1,851 
136,830 
915 
6,292,632 
649 
12,116 
Utah 
425 
26,083 
250 
904,304 
154 
1,481 
Vermont 
454 
8,624 
280 
422,983 
204 
897 
Virginia 
1,806 
14,334 
1,092 
317,058 
798 
1,006 
Washington 
1,051 
96,685 
564 
2,267,253 
393 
3,949 
West Virginia 
919 
9,325 
550 
326,048 
438 
976 
Wisconsin 
1,167 
49,661 
921 
4,308,560 
711 
8,831 
Wyoming 
102 
45,029 
66 
3,034,941 
62 
5,366 
' Data are for farms with production, not necessarily sold. 
394 United States 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
