Honey bee forage in Presidential Lakes Estates, New Jersey

When is the honey flow in Presidential Lakes Estates?

• First forage: Mar 1 (dandelion, clovers: white, alsike and red, early trees (maple, willow, poplar))
• Main flow: Apr 1 to Jun 15, peaking late Apr (clovers: white, alsike and red, dandelion, summer-flowering shrubs)
• Fall flow: Jul 1 to Jul 15 (summer-flowering shrubs, fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), clovers: white, alsike and red)
• Season ends: Oct 31

Forage available to a colony through the year at the center of Presidential Lakes Estates, from what grows within flight range (about 3.7 miles) and when it blooms here. Dates are the model's estimate for a typical year; the spring index for this spot falls on Apr 23.

What the honey is made of

• Spring honey (March to June): dandelion, clovers: white, alsike and red, summer-flowering shrubs, spring-flowering shrubs; light amber, mixed: part of it sets quickly, part stays liquid
• Summer honey (July and August): fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), summer-flowering shrubs, clovers: white, alsike and red, dandelion; light amber, mixed: part of it sets quickly, part stays liquid
• Fall honey (September to November): fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), dandelion, clovers: white, alsike and red, garden flowers; amber, mixed: part of it sets quickly, part stays liquid
• Whole season (March to November): clovers: white, alsike and red, dandelion, summer-flowering shrubs, fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster); light amber, mixed: part of it sets quickly, part stays liquid

Nectar-source estimate (plants weighted by how much bees favor them), not a pollen analysis. Full honey estimate.

Bee crops within flight range

• Blueberries: about 123 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.7 mi W, blooms early Apr – early May
• Cranberries: about 2 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi SE, blooms late May – late Jun

From USDA's crop maps for 2021–2025; fields rotate, so a crop counts by how often it was grown. Listing a field says nothing about its owner.

The land and water around Presidential Lakes Estates

Mostly: Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Pitch Pine Barrens; Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Pitch Pine Lowland; Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain Hardwood Forest.

Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow 0.42 mi NE; pond, lake or river 0.44 mi N.

Things to watch

• Bee crops nearby that are often sprayed. Blueberries: insecticides used on about 74% of surveyed US acres (2025). Figures are from USDA's Agricultural Chemical Use Survey, matched by crop type from the crop map. The survey counts any insecticide use in the crop year (not seed treatments) and doesn't say when; ask nearby growers about spray timing.

How Presidential Lakes Estates ranks

Percentiles among 3,000 random land points in each region, scored the same way: land in general, not beekeepers' apiaries.

About 72% of the land here is scored with national averages for its vegetation type rather than measured plant cover, so the wild-plant part of this estimate is rougher than the crop part.

Nearby

Country Lake Estates 3 mi · Browns Mills 4 mi · Pemberton Heights 7 mi · Fort Dix 7 mi · Pemberton 8 mi · Leisuretowne 8 mi

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An estimate from public maps (USDA crop maps 2021–2025 averaged, LANDFIRE vegetation), not a survey of the ground. Maps can't see garden plantings, understory density, other beekeepers' hives, or this year's weather. The point is the Census Bureau's published center of Presidential Lakes Estates (39.915, -74.5635); a yard a mile or two away can differ, so check your own spot. The FEMA flood map was not checked for this page. Benchmark 2026.5, built 2026-10-19. How this works · All sources.