WASHINGTON — US honey manufacturing totaled 125,331,000 lbs in 2022, down 1.1% from 126,744,000 lbs in 2021 and the bottom in data again to 1987 when manufacturing was 235,436,000 lbs, the US Division of Agriculture stated in its annual Honey report launched March 17.

Honey was harvested from 2,667,000 colonies in 2022, down 1.1% from 2,697,000 colonies in 2021. Common yield per colony was 47 lbs, unchanged from the prior yr. 

Producer shares of honey on Dec. 15, 2019, totaled 23,309,000 lbs, down 0.9% from 23,532 lbs a yr earlier.

The value of honey offered by personal, cooperative and retail channels averaged a file excessive $2.96 per lb in 2022, up 12% from $2.65 per lb in 2021.

The whole worth of honey manufacturing in 2022 was estimated at $370,980,000, up 10% from $335,872,000 in 2021.