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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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Forage report for 37.4180, -87.2673

Estimated forage here is better than about 94% of sites in Kentucky. Against other Kentucky sites it stands out most in summer (91st percentile) and lowest in fall (12th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.1 mi W, grown 1 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.1 mi W, grown 2 of the last 5 years); alfalfa (nearest 0.1 mi NW, grown 2 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.13 mi N.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 93rd percentile (spring 80th, summer 90th, fall 12th)
  • Kentucky: 94th percentile (spring 19th, summer 91st, fall 12th)
  • Interior River Valleys and Hills: 71st percentile (spring 81st, summer 49th, fall 19th)

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

Season

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

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 7,899 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi SW, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Corn: about 8,909 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi SW, blooms early Jun – early Jul
  • Soybeans: about 34 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi E, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 24 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi W, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 216 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.6 mi NE, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 6 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi W, blooms late May – late Jul

What the honey would be made of

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