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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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Forage report for 40.1191, -85.5567

Estimated forage here is better than about 61% of sites in Indiana. Against other Indiana sites it stands out most in fall (90th percentile) and lowest in summer (43rd). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.4 mi E, grown 3 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.4 mi E, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.12 mi NW.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 92nd percentile (spring 73rd, summer 91st, fall 52nd)
  • Indiana: 61st percentile (spring 72nd, summer 43rd, fall 90th)
  • Eastern Corn Belt Plains: 40th percentile (spring 80th, summer 27th, fall 89th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 16 — Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: Jun 16 to Aug 15 — Soybeans
  • Season ends: Sep 30

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 2,960 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi SE, blooms early Jun – late Aug
  • Corn: about 2,552 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi SE, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 199 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi E, blooms early Jun – late Aug
  • Soybeans: about 2,206 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi NW, blooms early Jun – late Aug
  • Soybeans: about 2,036 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi E, blooms early Jun – late Aug
  • Soybeans: about 186 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi NW, blooms early Jun – late Aug

What the honey would be made of

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

Things to watch

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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.