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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 38.8324, -83.0618

Estimated forage here is better than about 12% of sites in Ohio. Against other Ohio sites it stands out most in spring and fall (75th percentile) and lowest in summer (12th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.7 mi W, grown 4 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.8 mi W, grown 2 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.32 mi N.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 67th percentile (spring 88th, summer 49th, fall 50th)
  • Ohio: 12th percentile (spring 75th, summer 12th, fall 75th)
  • Western Allegheny Plateau: 55th percentile (spring 50th, summer 54th, fall 74th)

Percentile among 3,000 random land points across Ohio, 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), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Summer-flowering trees (locust, linden)
  • Fall flow: Jul 1 to Jul 15 — Soybeans, Summer-flowering shrubs, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Season ends: Sep 30

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 41 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi W, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 984 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.4 mi E, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 446 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.2 mi E, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 84 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.9 mi NE, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 33 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.5 mi NW, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Corn: about 442 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.6 mi E, blooms late Jun – late Jul

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), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Garden flowers; amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, 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.