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Forage report for 39.5545, -82.7774

Estimated forage here is better than about 57% of sites in Ohio. Spring, summer and fall all rank about the same against other Ohio sites. Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.1 mi SE, grown 3 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.1 mi S, grown 3 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.12 mi E.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 89th percentile (spring 80th, summer 87th, fall 44th)
  • Ohio: 57th percentile (spring 59th, summer 53rd, fall 57th)
  • Eastern Corn Belt Plains: 21st percentile (spring 86th, summer 17th, fall 82nd)

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

Season

  • First forage: Feb 16 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Dandelion
  • Main flow: Jun 1 to Aug 15 — Soybeans, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Season ends: Sep 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 77 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi SW, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 1,811 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi NW, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 40 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi SE, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 197 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi E, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 663 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.4 mi NE, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 54 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi SE, blooms early Jun – early Aug

What the honey would be made of

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