Bee forage check

How good is this spot for honey bees?

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The colors are the national forage map: every square kilometer of the lower 48, scored the same way. See the honey flow for your state and town, the best and worst spots we found, or how the scoring works.

Forage report for 40.6025, -73.7137

Estimated forage here is better than about 45% of sites in New York. Against other New York sites it stands out most in fall (91st percentile) and lowest in summer (31st). Nearest mapped water: open water, less than 0.1 mi away. 1 thing to watch (below).

Ranking

Continental US: 52nd percentile (spring 65th, summer 57th, fall 72nd)
New York: 45th percentile (spring 57th, summer 31st, fall 91st)
Atlantic Coastal Pine Barrens: 32nd percentile (spring 34th, summer 36th, fall 83rd)

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

Season

First forage: Mar 1 — Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
Main flow: Apr 1 to Jul 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
Fall flow: Aug 1 to Sep 15 — Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Garden flowers, Dandelion
Season ends: Oct 31

What the honey would be made of

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

Things to watch

Near a FEMA high-risk flood zone. A mapped high-risk flood zone (AE) is within about 300 m. Check FEMA's map for the exact spot.

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.