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State Honey Profile 2025 harvest
Rank#9

Idaho

NASS Region 5 - 9 of 20 reporting states

2025 production3.02Mlbs

2.6% of the U.S. crop 20.3%

Yield / colony
29 lb
-39.6% vs US
Price / lb
$2.07
-32.1% vs US
Colonies
104,000
-13.8% vs US
Stressor load
-
- vs US
Source: USDA / NASS · public aggregate datahivelinks /data/idaho
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Production & colony health

The latest USDA honey row for Idaho 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 Idaho.

Colonies104,000 8.8% from 114,000
Yield / colony29 lb 31.8% from 22 lb
Production3.02M lbs 20.3% from 2.51M lbs
Price / lb$2.07 5.5% from $2.19
Crop value$6.24M 13.7% from $5.49M
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-40%29 lbs / colony
Price / lb-32%$2.07
Production / state avg-48%3.02M lbs
Crop value / state avg-65%$6.24M
Colonies / state avg-14%104,000
Colony health

Stressor fingerprint

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

aggregate
Varroa mites: 27.2%Other pests: 19.3%Pesticides: 5.6%Other: 4.7%Diseases: 2.4%Unknown: -VarroaOtherPesticidesOtherDiseasesUnknown
IDU.S. baseline
Varroa mites27.2%
Other pests19.3%
Pesticides5.6%
Other4.7%
Diseases2.4%
Unknown-

Varroa 27.2% state vs. 27.3% U.S.

02

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 Idaho 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: 27.4%Q2 '24: 32.7%Q3 '24: 25.7%Q4 '24: 40.6%Q1 '25: 24.8%Q2 '25: 27.2%Q1 '24Q3 '24Q1 '25Q2 '25

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

03

Pollination & opportunity

The opportunity index keeps Idaho'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% - -
-
Pollination ratew 25% - -
-
Supply tightnessw 20% - -
-
Colony healthw 15% - -
-
Crop demand overlay

No crop selected · Idaho

-bearing acres
$54benchmark fee
0.93 hives/acstocking rate
-implied hives needed
04

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 inventory154,589
Honey production5.76M lbs
Honey sales$13.8M
Operations with inventory669