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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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Forage report for 40.3030, -87.4917

Estimated forage here is better than about 89% of sites in Indiana. Against other Indiana sites it stands out most in summer (92nd percentile) and lowest in fall (1st). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.1 mi SE, grown 1 of the last 5 years); corn (right here, grown 3 of the last 5 years); alfalfa (nearest 0.4 mi S, grown 3 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 97th percentile (spring 8th, summer 99th, fall 3rd)
  • Indiana: 89th percentile (spring 6th, summer 92nd, fall 1st)
  • Central Corn Belt Plains: 74th percentile (spring 38th, summer 74th, fall 10th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Jun 1 — Soybeans
  • Main flow: Jun 16 to Aug 15 — Soybeans
  • Season ends: Aug 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 14,532 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi SE, blooms early Jun – late Aug
  • Corn: about 16,716 acres in a typical year, nearest 0 mi E, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Alfalfa: about 294 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi S, blooms early Jun – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 22 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi S, blooms early Jun – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 33 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi W, blooms early Jun – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 61 acres in a typical year, nearest 2 mi S, blooms early Jun – late Aug

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Soybeans, Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red; light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Soybeans
  • Fall honey (September to November): Garden flowers, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard); light amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Soybeans, Dandelion; 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.