蜂蜜：一个甜蜜的话题与今年春天的新数据（美国农业部）

   注：本文作者Joshua O'Rear，美国农业统计局（NASS）科学研究所，蜂蜜统计学家， 2017年2月21日发表。

   每天，国家农业统计局（NASS）统计人员努力为美国农业生产统计及时、准确和有用的数据。除了每年为农业做数百份关于作物，牲畜和经济指标的报告外，统计局还收集并报告蜂蜜和蜂群的年度数据。历史上，我们只调查了拥有5群或5群以上的放蜂地或农场，但在2015年，我们扩大了调查范围，涵盖了所有规模的蜂群。作为一个也是养蜂人的统计学家，我很高兴地提供有关蜂蜜的宝贵信息作为公共服务和决策的工具。

       年度蜂蜜报告公布了生产蜂蜜的蜂群的最高数量，蜂蜜产量，产值，以及按颜色等级和销售渠道划分的蜂蜜价格。另外除了蜜蜂和蜂蜜的调查外，每五年收集一次农业普查数据，公布了打蜜的次数、蜂群数、生产的蜂蜜产量和产值。统计局对蜂蜜生产的数据可以追溯到1986年。目前蜂蜜和蜜蜂的数据可在统计局网站上获得。

   今天，蜂蜜主要用作甜味剂，蜂蜜有各种颜色和口味，这取决于产地和蜜源。在美国生产的一些蜂蜜风味包括野花，苜蓿，柑橘，三叶草，红花，野生浆果，荞麦，薄荷和胡萝卜。

   北达科他州是目前美国最大的蜂蜜生产地之一。2015年，拥有5群或5群以上蜜蜂的蜂蜜生产者，共有270万群蜂，收获了1.57亿磅的蜂蜜。每群蜂平均产量为59磅蜂蜜。同年，小于5群蜂的小型生产者，共有2.3万群蜂，共生产了72万磅蜂蜜。他们的平均产量为31磅。

         请关注NASS网站，3月22日会发布新的蜂蜜数据。

      （很遗憾网站上不去，也无法看到更多数据）

原文：

Honey: A Sweet Topic with New Data this Spring

Every day, National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) statisticians work hard to produce timely, accurate and useful statistics to U.S agriculture. In addition to producing hundreds of reports each year on crops, livestock and economic indicators for the agriculture industry, NASS collects and reports annual data for honey bee colonies. Historically, we’ve only surveyed operations or farms with five or more colonies, but in 2015 we expanded the survey to cover operations of all sizes. As a statistician who is also a beekeeper, I am pleased to provide valuable information about honey as a public service and decision-making tool.

The annual honey report publishes the maximum number of honey producing colonies, honey yield, value of honey production, and honey price by color class and marketing channel. In addition to bee and honey surveys, the Census of Agriculture, which is collected every five years, publishes number of operations, number of colonies, pounds of honey produced and value produced. NASS has data on honey production dating back to 1986. Current honey and honey bee data is available on the NASS website.

Used primarily as a sweetener today, honey comes in a variety of colors and flavors depending on the region and floral source. A few flavors produced in the U.S. include wildflower, alfalfa, orange, clover, safflower, wild berry, buckwheat, mint and carrot.

North Dakota is currently the single largest producer of honey in the U.S. In 2015, U.S. honey production from producers with five or more colonies totaled 157 million pounds harvested from 2.7 million colonies. The average yield per colony averaged 59 pounds of honey.  That same year, smaller producers with less than five colonies produced a total of 720,000 pounds of honey harvested from 23,000 colonies. Their average yield per colony was 31 pounds.

Keep an eye on the NASS website  for the release of new honey data on March 22.