It serves to remind us of where we've been.
Honey is truly a world commodity.
Trends in worldwide production and consumption can provide insight into future planning by individual beekeepers and the industry. 0.5 0.6 German Fed. The trend for small annual increases in world honey production continues, attributed to increases in number of colonies by leading producers and improved yields per colony. The following figures show changes in colony numbers and yield per colony. 23.4 24.1 Consumption in 1984 is expected to exceed production, but world stocks will probably increase to 153.8 thousand metric tons because of trade imbalance.