Table 21 . Colonies of Bees - Inventory and Honey Sales: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Geographic area 
Colonies inventory 
Floney collected 
Floney sales 
Farms 
Number 
Farms 
Pounds 
Farms 
Value 
($1,000) 
Counties, 2012 - Con. 
Transylvania 
16 
84 
8 
1,235 
8 
4 
Union 
29 
150 
18 
5,237 
15 
14 
Vance 
11 
68 
6 
2,870 
4 
7 
Wake 
48 
380 
32 
7,862 
32 
25 
Warren 
7 
30 
4 
642 
4 
2 
Watauga 
39 
102 
23 
3,190 
10 
6 
Wayne 
8 
52 
6 
930 
3 
2 
Wilkes 
41 
276 
35 
9,824 
28 
25 
Wilson 
1 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Yadkin 
31 
1,366 
19 
5,026 
12 
12 
Yancey 
25 
230 
14 
4,170 
8 
10 
1 Data are for farms with production, not necessarily sold. 
466 North Carolina 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
