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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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Forage report for 37.9287, -75.4916

Estimated forage here is better than about 97% of sites in Virginia. Against other Virginia sites it stands out most in summer (98th percentile) and lowest in fall (48th). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 0.5 mi W, grown 3 of the last 5 years); soybeans (nearest 0.1 mi E, grown 2 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, 0.13 mi W.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 84th percentile (spring 81st, summer 83rd, fall 32nd)
  • Virginia: 97th percentile (spring 61st, summer 98th, fall 48th)
  • Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain: 81st percentile (spring 51st, summer 83rd, fall 71st)

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

Season

  • First forage: Feb 16 — Dandelion, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Main flow: May 16 to Jul 31 — Soybeans
  • Season ends: Sep 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 609 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi S, blooms early Jun – early Jul
  • Soybeans: about 84 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi W, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Corn: about 138 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi W, blooms early Jun – early Jul
  • Soybeans: about 170 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.3 mi SW, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 70 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi W, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 36 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi S, blooms late May – late Jul

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Soybeans, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Summer-flowering trees (locust, linden); extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Soybeans, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard); 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

Things to watch

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