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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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Forage report for 39.0092, -85.3589

Estimated forage here is better than about 51% of sites in Indiana. Against other Indiana sites it stands out most in spring (73rd percentile) and lowest in fall (24th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.1 mi NE); corn (nearest 0.3 mi SE, 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: 90th percentile (spring 74th, summer 89th, fall 11th)
  • Indiana: 51st percentile (spring 73rd, summer 38th, fall 24th)
  • Eastern Corn Belt Plains: 29th percentile (spring 81st, summer 23rd, fall 25th)

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)
  • Main flow: Jun 1 to Aug 15 — Soybeans
  • Season ends: Aug 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 4,710 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi NE, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 143 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi NW, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Corn: about 1,279 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi SE, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Corn: about 313 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi N, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 21 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi N, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Corn: about 28 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi SE, blooms late Jun – late Jul

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Soybeans, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Summer-flowering trees (locust, linden), Clovers: white, alsike and red; 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, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Summer-flowering trees (locust, linden), Clovers: white, alsike and red; 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.