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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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Forage report for 40.0215, -82.7206

Estimated forage here is better than about 65% of sites in Ohio. Spring, summer and fall all rank about the same against other Ohio sites. Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.2 mi W, grown 2 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.2 mi W, grown 3 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 92nd percentile (spring 72nd, summer 91st, fall 42nd)
  • Ohio: 65th percentile (spring 51st, summer 60th, fall 51st)
  • Eastern Corn Belt Plains: 38th percentile (spring 79th, summer 27th, fall 80th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 1 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Dandelion
  • Main flow: Jun 16 to Aug 15 — Soybeans
  • Season ends: Sep 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 705 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi E, blooms early Jun – late Aug
  • Corn: about 237 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi E, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 48 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi W, blooms early Jun – late Aug
  • Soybeans: about 213 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi S, blooms early Jun – late Aug
  • Soybeans: about 594 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.5 mi W, blooms early Jun – late Aug
  • Soybeans: about 68 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi W, blooms early Jun – late 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, 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.