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State Honey Profile 2023 harvest
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Illinois

NASS Region 1 - alternate public context

2023 production441Klbs

0.4% of the U.S. crop 6.2%

Yield / colony
49 lb
+2.1% vs US
Price / lb
$7.05
+131.1% vs US
Colonies
9,000
-92.5% vs US
Stressor load
53%
-8.1% vs US
Source: USDA / NASS · public aggregate datahivelinks /data/illinois
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Production & colony health

The latest USDA honey row for Illinois 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 Illinois.

Colonies9,000 10.0% from 10,000
Yield / colony49 lb 4.3% from 47 lb
Production441K lbs 6.2% from 470K lbs
Price / lb$7.05 12.4% from $6.27
Crop value$3.11M 5.5% from $2.95M
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+2%49 lbs / colony
Price / lb+131%$7.05
Production / state avg-92%441K lbs
Crop value / state avg-82%$3.11M
Colonies / state avg-93%9,000
Colony health

Stressor fingerprint

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

aggregate
Varroa mites: 32.0%Other pests: 13.4%Pesticides: 0.6%Other: 3.6%Diseases: 0.6%Unknown: 3.2%VarroaOtherPesticidesOtherDiseasesUnknown
ILU.S. baseline
Varroa mites32.0%
Other pests13.4%
Other3.6%
Unknown3.2%
Diseases0.6%
Pesticides0.6%

Varroa 32.0% 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 Illinois 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: 34.6%Q2 '24: 32.0%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 Illinois'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
47OPPORTUNITY

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% - 47
47
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 inventory24,531
Honey production804K lbs
Honey sales$4.25M
Operations with inventory2,446