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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 38.4875, -87.5375

Estimated forage here is better than about 46% of sites in Indiana. Against other Indiana sites it stands out most in spring (71st percentile) and lowest in summer (36th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.1 mi SE, grown 2 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.1 mi SE, grown 3 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away. 1 thing to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 89th percentile (spring 72nd, summer 89th, fall 17th)
  • Indiana: 46th percentile (spring 71st, summer 36th, fall 41st)
  • Interior River Valleys and Hills: 52nd percentile (spring 70th, summer 42nd, fall 33rd)

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

Season

  • First forage: Feb 16 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Dandelion
  • Main flow: Jun 1 to Jul 31 — Soybeans
  • Season ends: Aug 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 3,181 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi SE, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Corn: about 3,245 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi SE, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Corn: about 332 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi NW, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 135 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi NE, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 2,632 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.9 mi NW, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 158 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi E, blooms early Jun – early Aug

What the honey would be made of

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

Things to watch

  • Near a FEMA high-risk flood zone. A mapped high-risk flood zone (A) is within about 300 m. Check FEMA's map for the exact spot.

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.