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Forage report for 39.0721, -75.5699

Estimated forage here is better than about 78% of sites in Delaware. Spring, summer and fall all rank about the same against other Delaware sites. Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 0.1 mi SW, grown 3 of the last 5 years); soybeans (nearest 0.1 mi SW, grown 2 of the last 5 years); sweet corn (nearest 0.3 mi NW, grown 4 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.23 mi NW. 1 thing to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 88th percentile (spring 68th, summer 88th, fall 48th)
  • Delaware: 78th percentile (spring 61st, summer 67th, fall 64th)
  • Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain: 90th percentile (spring 20th, summer 92nd, fall 90th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 1 — Dandelion, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar)
  • Main flow: Jun 1 to Jul 31 — Soybeans
  • Season ends: Sep 30

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 749 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi SW, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 251 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi W, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Sweet corn: about 165 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi NW, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 41 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi SW, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 48 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi NE, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Pumpkins: about 27 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi NW, blooms early Jun – early Oct

What the honey would be made of

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

Things to watch

  • Bee crops nearby that are often sprayed. Sweet Corn: insecticides used on about 44% of surveyed US acres (2024); Pumpkins: insecticides used on about 75% of surveyed US acres (2024); Apples: insecticides used on about 77% of surveyed US acres (2025). Figures are from USDA's Agricultural Chemical Use Survey, matched by crop type from the crop map. The survey counts any insecticide use in the crop year (not seed treatments) and doesn't say when; ask nearby growers about spray timing.
  • Flood map not checked. FEMA's flood map service didn't answer. Check it directly.

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.