The bar chart provides information about honey-bee colonies and honey production over a 40-year period from 1970 to 2010 in millions and tons. Overall , honey-bee colonies and honey production experienced a decrease over the years, with some fluctuations.
At first, in the 1970 honey-bee colonies started with 4millions, similarly honey production with 130,000 tons. While the number of honey-bee colonies slightly rose to 4.2 million in the 1980 and honey production decreased to 110,000 tons. Also, growth observed in the honey production to 120,000 in the 1990.
However, honey-bee colonies sharply decreased over the twenty year period. In the 1990 and 2000 , amount of colonies went down from 3.5 millions to 2,6 millions. While the honey production dropped to 100,000 tons. In contrast, both of them reached their lowest level in the 2010, honey-bee colonies fell to 1.7 millions and honey production decreased to 70,000 tons.