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 40.6371, -73.3838

Estimated forage here is better than about 7% of sites in New York. Against other New York sites it stands out most in fall (78th percentile) and lowest in spring and summer (8th). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

Continental US: 23rd percentile (spring 44th, summer 42nd, fall 64th)
New York: 7th percentile (spring 8th, summer 8th, fall 78th)
Atlantic Coastal Pine Barrens: 9th percentile (spring 8th, summer 21st, fall 64th)

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 Sep 15 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
Season ends: Oct 31

What the honey would be made of

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