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State Honey Profile 2003 harvest
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Maryland

NASS Region 2 - alternate public context

2003 production84Klbs

0.1% of the U.S. crop 39.1%

Yield / colony
42 lb
-12.5% vs US
Price / lb
$1.93
-36.7% vs US
Colonies
2,000
-98.3% vs US
Stressor load
30%
-48.4% vs US
Source: USDA / NASS · public aggregate datahivelinks /data/maryland
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Production & colony health

The latest USDA honey row for Maryland 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 Maryland.

Colonies2,000 33.3% from 3,000
Yield / colony42 lb 8.7% from 46 lb
Production84K lbs 39.1% from 138K lbs
Price / lb$1.93 1.5% from $1.96
Crop value$162K 40.0% from $270K
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-13%42 lbs / colony
Price / lb-37%$1.93
Production / state avg-99%84K lbs
Crop value / state avg-99%$162K
Colonies / state avg-98%2,000
Colony health

Stressor fingerprint

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

aggregate
Varroa mites: 26.9%Other pests: 0.6%Pesticides: 0.5%Other: 0.9%Diseases: 0.0%Unknown: 1.1%VarroaOtherPesticidesOtherDiseasesUnknown
MDU.S. baseline
Varroa mites26.9%
Unknown1.1%
Other0.9%
Other pests0.6%
Pesticides0.5%
Diseases0.0%

Varroa 26.9% 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 Maryland 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: 24.7%Q2 '24: 26.9%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 Maryland'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
70OPPORTUNITY

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% - 70
70
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 inventory11,114
Honey production222K lbs
Honey sales$1.17M
Operations with inventory819