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State Honey Profile 2023 harvest
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Arkansas

NASS Region 3 - alternate public context

2023 production874Klbs

0.8% of the U.S. crop 22.0%

Yield / colony
46 lb
-4.2% vs US
Price / lb
$3.20
+4.9% vs US
Colonies
19,000
-84.2% vs US
Stressor load
88%
+51.5% vs US
Source: USDA / NASS · public aggregate datahivelinks /data/arkansas
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Production & colony health

The latest USDA honey row for Arkansas 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 Arkansas.

Colonies19,000 5.0% from 20,000
Yield / colony46 lb 17.9% from 56 lb
Production874K lbs 22.0% from 1.12M lbs
Price / lb$3.20 18.5% from $2.70
Crop value$2.80M 7.5% from $3.02M
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-4%46 lbs / colony
Price / lb+5%$3.20
Production / state avg-85%874K lbs
Crop value / state avg-84%$2.80M
Colonies / state avg-84%19,000
Colony health

Stressor fingerprint

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

aggregate
Varroa mites: 34.4%Other pests: 14.6%Pesticides: 12.7%Other: 15.0%Diseases: 2.7%Unknown: 8.6%VarroaOtherPesticidesOtherDiseasesUnknown
ARU.S. baseline
Varroa mites34.4%
Other15.0%
Other pests14.6%
Pesticides12.7%
Unknown8.6%
Diseases2.7%

Varroa 34.4% 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 Arkansas 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: 17.1%Q2 '24: 34.4%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 Arkansas'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
12OPPORTUNITY

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% - 12
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Crop demand overlay

No crop selected · Arkansas

-bearing acres
$20benchmark fee
8.38 hives/acstocking rate
-implied hives needed
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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 inventory21,767
Honey production1.03M lbs
Honey sales$2.29M
Operations with inventory1,252