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State Honey Profile 2025 harvest
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Texas

NASS Region 3 - 13 of 20 reporting states

2025 production2.16Mlbs

1.9% of the U.S. crop 47.2%

Yield / colony
30 lb
-37.5% vs US
Price / lb
$3.91
+28.2% vs US
Colonies
72,000
-40.3% vs US
Stressor load
46%
-21.5% vs US
Source: USDA / NASS · public aggregate datahivelinks /data/texas
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Production & colony health

The latest USDA honey row for Texas 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 Texas.

Colonies72,000 19.1% from 89,000
Yield / colony30 lb 34.8% from 46 lb
Production2.16M lbs 47.2% from 4.09M lbs
Price / lb$3.91 62.2% from $2.41
Crop value$8.45M 14.4% from $9.87M
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-38%30 lbs / colony
Price / lb+28%$3.91
Production / state avg-63%2.16M lbs
Crop value / state avg-52%$8.45M
Colonies / state avg-40%72,000
Colony health

Stressor fingerprint

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

aggregate
Varroa mites: 17.0%Other pests: 8.0%Pesticides: 6.8%Other: 2.0%Diseases: 7.0%Unknown: 4.8%VarroaOtherPesticidesOtherDiseasesUnknown
TXU.S. baseline
Varroa mites17.0%
Other pests8.0%
Diseases7.0%
Pesticides6.8%
Unknown4.8%
Other2.0%

Varroa 17.0% 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 Texas 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: 22.2%Q2 '24: 43.9%Q3 '24: 14.6%Q4 '24: 27.8%Q1 '25: 36.7%Q2 '25: 17.0%Q1 '24Q3 '24Q1 '25Q2 '25

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 Texas'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
54OPPORTUNITY

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% - 54
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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 inventory271,049
Honey production8.50M lbs
Honey sales$28.8M
Operations with inventory8,939