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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 38.7007, -85.9062

Estimated forage here is better than about 60% of sites in Indiana. Against other Indiana sites it stands out most in spring (64th percentile) and lowest in fall (44th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (right here, grown 3 of the last 5 years); corn (right here, grown 2 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.11 mi NW.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 92nd percentile (spring 66th, summer 91st, fall 18th)
  • Indiana: 60th percentile (spring 64th, summer 47th, fall 44th)
  • Eastern Corn Belt Plains: 39th percentile (spring 74th, summer 32nd, fall 48th)

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 1,073 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi NE, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 2,427 acres in a typical year, nearest 0 mi W, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Corn: about 108 acres in a typical year, nearest 0 mi , blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Corn: about 336 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi NW, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Corn: about 446 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi E, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Corn: about 72 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi S, blooms late Jun – 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); light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Soybeans
  • Fall honey (September to November): Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Garden flowers; light amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Soybeans, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar); 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.