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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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Forage report for 36.3573, -82.0410

Estimated forage here is better than about 30% of sites in Tennessee. Against other Tennessee sites it stands out most in fall (98th percentile) and lowest in spring (38th). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 1.5 mi NE, grown 2 of the last 5 years); alfalfa (nearest 3.2 mi W, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 58th percentile (spring 86th, summer 37th, fall 52nd)
  • Tennessee: 30th percentile (spring 38th, summer 41st, fall 98th)
  • Blue Ridge: 58th percentile (spring 42nd, summer 75th, fall 95th)

Percentile among 3,000 random land points across Tennessee, scored the same way; land in general, not beekeepers' yards.

Season

  • First forage: Feb 1 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar)
  • Main flow: Mar 16 to Jun 15 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 3 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.5 mi NE, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Corn: about 34 acres in a typical year, nearest 3.4 mi NW, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Corn: about 8 acres in a typical year, nearest 3.2 mi NW, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Alfalfa: about 3 acres in a typical year, nearest 3.2 mi W, blooms early Jun – early Aug

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Dandelion, Summer-flowering trees (locust, linden); light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Summer-flowering shrubs; light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Garden flowers; amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Dandelion, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster); light amber

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. Honey composition is a nectar-source estimate, not a pollen analysis. Benchmark 2026.5. How this works.