Honey bee forage in Ashley, Pennsylvania

When is the honey flow in Ashley?

• First forage: Mar 1 (dandelion, early trees (maple, willow, poplar))
• Main flow: Apr 1 to Jun 30, peaking early May (clovers: white, alsike and red, dandelion)
• Fall flow: Jul 16 to Jul 31 (garden flowers, clovers: white, alsike and red, dandelion)
• Season ends: Sep 30

Forage available to a colony through the year at the center of Ashley, 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 May 4.

What the honey is made of

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

• Corn: about 78 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.4 mi NW, blooms early Jul – early Aug (grown 5 of the last 5 years)
• Soybeans: about 2 acres in a typical year, nearest 3.6 mi W, blooms late Jun – late Aug (grown 1 of the last 5 years)
• Sweet corn: about 1 acres in a typical year, nearest 3.6 mi W, blooms early Jul – early Aug (grown 1 of the last 5 years)

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 Ashley

Mostly: Northeastern Interior Dry-Mesic Oak Forest; Developed, medium intensity; Central Appalachian Oak Rocky Woodland.

Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer) 0.11 mi SW; creek, wetland or wet meadow 0.34 mi W.

Things to watch

• Heavily developed. About 62% of the land within a mile is developed. Less room for forage, and more neighbors near the hives.

How Ashley ranks

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

About 39% 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

Georgetown 2 mi · Sugar Notch 2 mi · Wilkes-Barre 3 mi · Laurel Run 3 mi · Warrior Run 3 mi · Edwardsville 3 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 Ashley (41.2127, -75.8994); 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.