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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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Forage report for 38.8868, -83.6127

Estimated forage here is better than about 75% of sites in Ohio. Against other Ohio sites it stands out most in summer (65th percentile) and lowest in fall (26th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (right here, grown 2 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.2 mi W, grown 2 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: 95th percentile (spring 69th, summer 93rd, fall 24th)
  • Ohio: 75th percentile (spring 48th, summer 65th, fall 26th)
  • Eastern Corn Belt Plains: 58th percentile (spring 78th, summer 37th, fall 60th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 1 — Dandelion, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: Jun 1 to Aug 15 — Soybeans
  • Season ends: Sep 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 2,704 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi SW, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 1,112 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi E, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 348 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi W, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 267 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi S, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 22 acres in a typical year, nearest 0 mi E, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 34 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi NE, blooms early Jun – early Aug

What the honey would be made of

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

Things to watch

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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.