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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 39.3017, -86.6486

Estimated forage here is better than about 10% of sites in Indiana. Against other Indiana sites it stands out most in spring (90th percentile) and lowest in summer (9th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.7 mi N, grown 4 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.7 mi N, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away. 1 thing to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 76th percentile (spring 89th, summer 66th, fall 41st)
  • Indiana: 10th percentile (spring 90th, summer 9th, fall 79th)
  • Interior Plateau: 55th percentile (spring 48th, summer 64th, fall 76th)

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: Mar 16 to Jul 15 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Summer-flowering trees (locust, linden), Soybeans
  • Fall flow: Aug 1 to Aug 15 — Soybeans, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Season ends: Sep 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 54 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi N, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 85 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi NE, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 150 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.4 mi N, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 56 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.3 mi W, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 116 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.6 mi N, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 35 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi E, blooms early Jun – early Aug

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Summer-flowering trees (locust, linden), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Soybeans; light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Soybeans, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster); light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard); light amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Soybeans, Summer-flowering trees (locust, linden), Clovers: white, alsike and red; light amber

Things to watch

  • Near a FEMA high-risk flood zone. A mapped high-risk flood zone (AE) is within about 300 m. Check FEMA's map for the exact spot.

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.