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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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Forage report for 38.4729, -85.9464

Estimated forage here is better than about 7% of sites in Indiana. Against other Indiana sites it stands out most in spring (95th percentile) and lowest in summer (5th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.4 mi S, grown 4 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.4 mi S, 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: 72nd percentile (spring 92nd, summer 51st, fall 44th)
  • Indiana: 7th percentile (spring 95th, summer 5th, fall 83rd)
  • Interior Plateau: 44th percentile (spring 66th, summer 43rd, fall 87th)

Percentile among 3,000 random land points across Indiana, 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), Summer-flowering trees (locust, linden), Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Fall flow: Jul 1 to Jul 31 — Soybeans, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster)
  • Season ends: Sep 30

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 312 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi SE, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 17 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi S, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 15 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi NW, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 15 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi SW, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 81 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.1 mi W, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 4 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi NW, blooms early Jun – early Aug

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Summer-flowering trees (locust, linden), Dandelion; light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Soybeans, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion; 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): Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Soybeans, Summer-flowering trees (locust, linden); 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.