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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - Dry, hot weather soured honey production in the nation's top two beekeeping states last year, leading to one of the smallest U.S. honey crops in at least 35 years.
North Dakota and California typically vie for the honor of top honey state. In North Dakota, production in 2006 fell 23 percent from the previous year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said. The state held onto its top ranking, however, because production in California plummeted 34 percent.
Orin Johnson, president of the California State Beekeepers Association, blamed a midsummer heat wave for shortcomings of the state's beehives.
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