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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 38.2031, -87.5703

Estimated forage here is better than about 89% of sites in Indiana. Against other Indiana sites it stands out most in spring and summer (63rd percentile) and lowest in fall (43rd). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 0.2 mi NW, grown 2 of the last 5 years); soybeans (nearest 0.2 mi NW, grown 2 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.11 mi N.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 97th percentile (spring 64th, summer 95th, fall 18th)
  • Indiana: 89th percentile (spring 63rd, summer 63rd, fall 43rd)
  • Interior River Valleys and Hills: 91st percentile (spring 58th, summer 74th, fall 35th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 1 — Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: Jun 1 to Jul 31 — Soybeans
  • Season ends: Aug 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 6,809 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi NW, blooms early Jun – early Jul
  • Soybeans: about 3,381 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi NE, blooms late May – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 1,985 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi NW, blooms late May – early Aug
  • Corn: about 4,835 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi NE, blooms early Jun – early Jul
  • Soybeans: about 452 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi S, blooms late May – early Aug
  • Corn: about 275 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi E, blooms early Jun – early Jul

What the honey would be made of

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