,6—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Feb. 8,1975
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Honey Production
Reported
Maryland bees, busy
producers of that delicious
and flavorsome sweetner,
honey and of beeswax, were
fewer in number and less
productive in 1974 than
during the previous year.
The Maryland Delaware
Crop Reporting Service, the
cooperative statistic
gathering center of the
USDA and the Maryland
.Department of Agriculture,
says that the state’s 12,000
bee colonies produced
284.000 pounds of honey and
6.000 pounds of wax in 1974.
The 1973 yield was 442,000
and 8,000 pounds respec
tively.
There were 1,000 fewer bee
colonies active than in 1973,
when colonies numbered
13,000. Last year’s 12,000
colonies yielded 22 pounds
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each, some 12 pounds less
than in 1973, a substantial
production fall off, mostly
attributable to weather
factors.
John Lindner, beekeeping
inspector for the Maryland
Department of Agriculture,
who operates out of Cum
berland, says that the
decline in honey production
last year was primarily the
result of unfavorable
weather in spring and fall,
which came Just at the time
of the honey flow. He also
pointed out that these
climatic conditions ad
versely affected bee
swarming to reduce the
number of colonies.
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ment of Agriculture, Apiary
Inapeotion Office, Peat
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apiaries so registered. Mr.
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6,000 colonies and rendered
valuable assistance to
hundreds of beekeepers.
A major purpose of the
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and eliminate bee dleases,
which reduce honey
production. Only three
apiaries had to be quaran
tined in 1974. Most of the
state’s apiaries are located
in Western Maryland, where
apple and peach orchards
abound. The pollination
function of bees is essential
to the production of these
and other fruits.
Maryland’s 1974 honey is
bringing an average of 67.1
cents per pound, as con
trasted with 58.9 cents in
1973. The 1974 yield is valued
at $177,000 and the wax at
$7,000. At mid-December,
Maryland producers had
32,000 pounds of honey on
hand.
U.S. production of honey
reached 185,338 million
pounds in 1974, down from
236,657 million the previous
year. The average bee
colony produced 44.2 pounds,
while in the 20 major
beekeeping states, the yield
per colony was 60.2 pounds.
Thus, Maryland production
ran about 50 percent less
than the U.S. average.
1975
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