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State Honey Profile 2023 harvest
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South Carolina

NASS Region 2 - alternate public context

2023 production572Klbs

0.5% of the U.S. crop 12.8%

Yield / colony
52 lb
+8.3% vs US
Price / lb
$4.53
+48.5% vs US
Colonies
11,000
-90.9% vs US
Stressor load
75%
+29.1% vs US
Source: USDA / NASS · public aggregate datahivelinks /data/south-carolina
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Production & colony health

The latest USDA honey row for South Carolina 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 South Carolina.

Colonies11,000 15.4% from 13,000
Yield / colony52 lb 33.3% from 39 lb
Production572K lbs 12.8% from 507K lbs
Price / lb$4.53 9.4% from $5.00
Crop value$2.59M 2.2% from $2.54M
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+8%52 lbs / colony
Price / lb+49%$4.53
Production / state avg-90%572K lbs
Crop value / state avg-85%$2.59M
Colonies / state avg-91%11,000
Colony health

Stressor fingerprint

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

aggregate
Varroa mites: 31.6%Other pests: 26.7%Pesticides: 8.2%Other: 5.4%Diseases: 1.9%Unknown: 1.2%VarroaOtherPesticidesOtherDiseasesUnknown
SCU.S. baseline
Varroa mites31.6%
Other pests26.7%
Pesticides8.2%
Other5.4%
Diseases1.9%
Unknown1.2%

Varroa 31.6% 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 South Carolina 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: 36.1%Q2 '24: 31.6%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 South Carolina'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
25OPPORTUNITY

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% - 25
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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 inventory23,706
Honey production542K lbs
Honey sales$2.68M
Operations with inventory1,412