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State Honey Profile 2023 harvest
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Arizona

NASS Regions 6 & 7 - alternate public context

2023 production1.43Mlbs

1.2% of the U.S. crop 38.0%

Yield / colony
42 lb
-12.5% vs US
Price / lb
$2.23
-26.9% vs US
Colonies
34,000
-71.8% vs US
Stressor load
-
- vs US
Source: USDA / NASS · public aggregate datahivelinks /data/arizona
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Production & colony health

The latest USDA honey row for Arizona pairs production, colony count, yield, price, and colony stressors without filling suppressed values.

Honey profile

2024 → 2025 movement

Year-over-year change across every reported honey metric for Arizona.

Colonies34,000 47.8% from 23,000
Yield / colony42 lb 6.7% from 45 lb
Production1.43M lbs 38.0% from 1.03M lbs
Price / lb$2.23 17.4% from $2.70
Crop value$3.18M 13.9% from $2.79M
Benchmark

Indexed vs. U.S.

Each metric as a percentage above or below the U.S. baseline (center line = U.S. average).

derived
Yield / colony-13%42 lbs / colony
Price / lb-27%$2.23
Production / state avg-75%1.43M lbs
Crop value / state avg-82%$3.18M
Colonies / state avg-72%34,000
Colony health

Stressor fingerprint

Share of Arizona colonies hit by each stressor (April-June), against the U.S. profile. Hover any axis or bar to compare.

aggregate
Varroa mites: 11.7%Other pests: -Pesticides: 1.0%Other: 1.0%Diseases: -Unknown: 0.0%VarroaOtherPesticidesOtherDiseasesUnknown
AZU.S. baseline
Varroa mites11.7%
Other1.0%
Pesticides1.0%
Diseases-
Other pests-
Unknown0.0%

Varroa 11.7% state vs. 27.3% U.S.

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Over time

The arc matters as much as the latest number. Stressor pressure is the one metric we can already track quarter to quarter for every state.

Varroa pressure, quarter by quarter

Share of Arizona colonies reporting varroa mites across the official Honey Bee Colonies stressor series.

aggregate
0.0%12.5%25.0%37.5%50.0%Q1 '24: 15.5%Q2 '24: 11.7%Q1 '24Q2 '24

Official Honey Bee Colonies stressor rows only. This chart does not synthesize honey, yield, or pollination time-series shapes.

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Pollination & opportunity

The opportunity index keeps Arizona's crop demand, regional pollination fee, local colony supply, and colony health pressure visible as separate weighted inputs.

Opportunity index

Where the gap is

A transparent, weighted blend - directional context for pollination planning, not a forecast.

limited
0OPPORTUNITY

Composite of the four factors below, each scored 0-100 then weighted.

Crop demandw 40% - -
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Pollination ratew 25% - -
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Supply tightnessw 20% - -
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Colony healthw 15% - -
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Crop demand overlay

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Baselines & context

The closing cards keep structural Census baselines and related reporting states visible without mixing them into the annual honey row.

Census baseline

2022 Census of Agriculture

Structural baseline - independent of the annual honey survey.

direct
Colony inventory28,275
Honey production1.53M lbs
Honey sales$3.52M
Operations with inventory249