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State Honey Profile 2023 harvest
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West Virginia

NASS Region 2 - alternate public context

2023 production306Klbs

0.3% of the U.S. crop 12.1%

Yield / colony
51 lb
+6.3% vs US
Price / lb
$6.35
+108.2% vs US
Colonies
6,000
-95.0% vs US
Stressor load
24%
-59.6% vs US
Source: USDA / NASS · public aggregate datahivelinks /data/west-virginia
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Production & colony health

The latest USDA honey row for West Virginia 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 West Virginia.

Colonies6,000 14.3% from 7,000
Yield / colony51 lb 30.8% from 39 lb
Production306K lbs 12.1% from 273K lbs
Price / lb$6.35 7.4% from $5.91
Crop value$1.94M 20.5% from $1.61M
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+6%51 lbs / colony
Price / lb+108%$6.35
Production / state avg-95%306K lbs
Crop value / state avg-89%$1.94M
Colonies / state avg-95%6,000
Colony health

Stressor fingerprint

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

aggregate
Varroa mites: 13.5%Other pests: 2.4%Pesticides: 1.2%Other: 5.1%Diseases: 0.5%Unknown: 0.8%VarroaOtherPesticidesOtherDiseasesUnknown
WVU.S. baseline
Varroa mites13.5%
Other5.1%
Other pests2.4%
Pesticides1.2%
Unknown0.8%
Diseases0.5%

Varroa 13.5% 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 West Virginia 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: 12.9%Q2 '24: 13.5%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 West Virginia'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

No crop selected · West Virginia

-bearing acres
$59benchmark fee
0.40 hives/acstocking rate
-implied hives needed
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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 inventory14,624
Honey production365K lbs
Honey sales$1.57M
Operations with inventory1,311