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State Honey Profile 2023 harvest
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Indiana

NASS Region 1 - alternate public context

2023 production477Klbs

0.4% of the U.S. crop 15.9%

Yield / colony
53 lb
+10.4% vs US
Price / lb
$4.34
+42.3% vs US
Colonies
9,000
-92.5% vs US
Stressor load
-
- vs US
Source: USDA / NASS · public aggregate datahivelinks /data/indiana
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Production & colony health

The latest USDA honey row for Indiana 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 Indiana.

Colonies9,000 0.0% from 9,000
Yield / colony53 lb 15.9% from 63 lb
Production477K lbs 15.9% from 567K lbs
Price / lb$4.34 8.4% from $4.74
Crop value$2.07M 23.0% from $2.69M
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+10%53 lbs / colony
Price / lb+42%$4.34
Production / state avg-92%477K lbs
Crop value / state avg-88%$2.07M
Colonies / state avg-93%9,000
Colony health

Stressor fingerprint

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

aggregate
Varroa mites: 21.9%Other pests: 13.6%Pesticides: 0.0%Other: 1.8%Diseases: -Unknown: 1.7%VarroaOtherPesticidesOtherDiseasesUnknown
INU.S. baseline
Varroa mites21.9%
Other pests13.6%
Other1.8%
Unknown1.7%
Diseases-
Pesticides0.0%

Varroa 21.9% 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 Indiana colonies reporting varroa mites across the official Honey Bee Colonies stressor series.

aggregate
0.0%15.0%30.0%45.0%60.0%Q1 '24: 53.3%Q2 '24: 21.9%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 Indiana'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 inventory20,996
Honey production908K lbs
Honey sales$4.37M
Operations with inventory1,933