Overview 

According to USDA reports, more than 2.4 million honey-producing colonies generated 155 million pounds of raw honey worth $161 million in 2006. The states producting the most honey were (in order) North Dakota, California and Florida. The average price for domestically produced honey was $1.04 per pound in 2006, up 14 percent from $0.90 in 2005.  
 

Demand
U.S. consumption of honey is nearly 350 million pounds of which 200 million pounds are typically produced domestically. To meet demand, the United States imported 2.4 million pounds of honey in 2007, primarily from China, Argentina and Vietnam. The total value of honey imported that year was over $154.9 million.  March 2008 . . . Bees

    Marketing

• American Beekeeping Federation - Membership organization for American beekeepers.
• American Honey Producers Association
• Apimondia, International Federation of Beekeepers' Associations - International organization creating links among beekeepers around the world.
• Apiservices Beekeeping Development - Promotion of beekeeping with advice columns, feasibility studies, market studies, equipment tests and software.
• Bee-conomics and the Leap in Pollination Fees, University of California Agricultural Issues Center, 2006 - Paper describing honeybee supply and demand issues and the operation of the pollination market. Recently, honeybee pests and other problems have reduced available supplies, while expansion of almond acreage has increased peak-season demand. The resulting leap in pollination fees follows from these market fundamentals.
• Bees, Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Queensland, Australia.
• Canada’s Honey Industry, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, Ontario - The United States remained the primary destination for Canadian honey exports in 2005, absorbing 85 percent of total exports.
• Honey Research and Promotion Programs, Fruit and Vegetable Programs, Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), USDA.
• The International Bee Research Association - Nonprofit organization promoting the study and conservation of bees through research.
• Mid-Atlantic Apiculture  Research and Extension Consortium - MAAREC, established in 1997, is a regional group focused on addressing the pest management crisis facing the beekeeping industry in the Mid-Atlantic Region.
• National Honey Board - Promoting the research, awareness and use of honey and honey products.
• National Honey Report, AMS, USDA, 2008 -  The annual report of the number of colonies producing honey, honey production, average price, and so on.  
• BeeHoo - World's beekeeping directory.
• National Honey Packers & Dealers Association 

    Production

• Beekeeping, Agricultural Alternatives, Penn State University, 2001 - Includes an enterprise budget.
• Beekeeping, National Agricultural Library, USDA.
• Beekeeping, Scottish Ag College, 2006 - Beekeeping is mostly carried out in Scotland by amateurs with three or four hives, but there are a few successful full-time professional bee farmers, each with several hundred hives. 
• Beekeeping/Apiculture, Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas (ATTRA), 2003.
• Beekeeping in Tennessee, University of Tennessee Extension, 2004.
• Bees and Pollination, Ohio State University. 
• Carl Hayden Bee Research Center, Agricultural Research Service (ARS), USDA, Tucson, Arizona.
• Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) in Honey Bees, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, 2007.
• Declining Bee Population Threatens Major Growers, National Public Radio, 2006.
• Honey Bee Insemination Service - Provider of insemination training, consulting, equipment and services to insemination as well as genetic research.
• Integrated Pest Management for Varroa Destructor in the Northeastern United States using Drone Brood Removal and Formic Acid, Cornell University, 2005 (funded by SARE, USDA) - This fact sheet focuses on the management of the parasitic honey bee mite Varroa destructor in the northeastern United States.
• Michigan State University Apiculture Laboratory - Researching the value of honey bees for both production and pollination.
• Mid-Atlantic Apiculture Research and Extension Consortium, Penn State University - The Mid-Atlantic Apiculture Research and Extension Consortium (MAAREC) is a regional effort to address the pest management crisis facing the beekeeping industry in the Mid-Atlantic region.
• Protecting Honey Bees from Chemical Pesticides, Berry Notes, University of Massachusetts Extension, 2007. 
• USDA Beekeeping Research - Collection of USDA beekeeping research posted by the American Beekeeping Federation.

    Businesses/Case Studies

• Small Town Hives Make Big Buzz, Market to Market, Iowa Public Television, 2003.

Links checked February 2008.