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State Honey Profile 2025 harvest
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Florida

NASS Region 3 - 7 of 20 reporting states

2025 production3.62Mlbs

3.1% of the U.S. crop 11.6%

Yield / colony
32 lb
-33.3% vs US
Price / lb
$3.94
+29.2% vs US
Colonies
113,000
-6.3% vs US
Stressor load
43%
-26.2% vs US
Source: USDA / NASS · public aggregate datahivelinks /data/florida
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Production & colony health

The latest USDA honey row for Florida 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 Florida.

Colonies113,000 8.9% from 124,000
Yield / colony32 lb 3.0% from 33 lb
Production3.62M lbs 11.6% from 4.09M lbs
Price / lb$3.94 25.5% from $3.14
Crop value$14.2M 10.9% from $12.8M
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-33%32 lbs / colony
Price / lb+29%$3.94
Production / state avg-38%3.62M lbs
Crop value / state avg-19%$14.2M
Colonies / state avg-6%113,000
Colony health

Stressor fingerprint

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

aggregate
Varroa mites: 20.1%Other pests: 7.4%Pesticides: 3.1%Other: 8.4%Diseases: 2.7%Unknown: 1.2%VarroaOtherPesticidesOtherDiseasesUnknown
FLU.S. baseline
Varroa mites20.1%
Other8.4%
Other pests7.4%
Pesticides3.1%
Diseases2.7%
Unknown1.2%

Varroa 20.1% 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 Florida 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: 28.2%Q2 '24: 42.2%Q3 '24: 34.8%Q4 '24: 29.3%Q1 '25: 43.9%Q2 '25: 20.1%Q1 '24Q3 '24Q1 '25Q2 '25

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 Florida'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
57OPPORTUNITY

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% - 57
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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 inventory318,948
Honey production14.5M lbs
Honey sales$39.8M
Operations with inventory2,298