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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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The colors are the national forage map: every square kilometer of the lower 48, scored the same way. See the honey flow for your state and town, the best and worst spots we found, or how the scoring works.

Forage report for 37.0772, -88.0738

Estimated forage here is better than about 43% of sites in Kentucky. Against other Kentucky sites it stands out most in spring (61st percentile) and lowest in summer (43rd). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 1.0 mi E, grown 3 of the last 5 years); soybeans (nearest 0.9 mi E, grown 2 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: pond, lake or river, less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 67th percentile (spring 89th, summer 45th, fall 36th)
  • Kentucky: 43rd percentile (spring 61st, summer 43rd, fall 53rd)
  • Interior Plateau: 29th percentile (spring 52nd, summer 34th, fall 58th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Feb 1 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Dandelion
  • Main flow: Mar 1 to Jun 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Dandelion
  • Fall flow: Jul 1 to Jul 15 — Soybeans, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Season ends: Sep 30

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 866 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.6 mi N, blooms early Jun – early Jul
  • Corn: about 240 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.4 mi NW, blooms early Jun – early Jul
  • Soybeans: about 107 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.8 mi NW, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 448 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.2 mi NW, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 190 acres in a typical year, nearest 2 mi N, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 103 acres in a typical year, nearest 2 mi NW, blooms late May – late Jul

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); extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Soybeans, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster); light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Garden flowers; amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Dandelion, Soybeans; 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.