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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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Forage report for 40.1715, -82.4174

Estimated forage here is better than about 40% of sites in Ohio. Against other Ohio sites it stands out most in fall (65th percentile) and lowest in spring (47th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.2 mi E, grown 3 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.2 mi E, grown 4 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.27 mi NW.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 81st percentile (spring 68th, summer 84th, fall 46th)
  • Ohio: 40th percentile (spring 47th, summer 48th, fall 65th)
  • Erie Drift Plain: 64th percentile (spring 58th, summer 73rd, fall 40th)

Percentile among 3,000 random land points across Ohio, 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 Aug 15 — Soybeans, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Season ends: Sep 30

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 228 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi E, blooms early Jun – late Aug
  • Corn: about 213 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi E, blooms early Jul – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 309 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi N, blooms early Jun – late Aug
  • Soybeans: about 99 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi S, blooms early Jun – late Aug
  • Soybeans: about 35 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi W, blooms early Jun – late Aug
  • Corn: about 393 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi N, blooms early Jul – late Jul

What the honey would be made of

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