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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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Forage report for 40.6727, -76.3230

Estimated forage here is better than about 26% of sites in Pennsylvania. Against other Pennsylvania sites it ranks highest in spring (48th percentile) and lowest in summer (25th). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 2.2 mi S, grown 3 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.14 mi SW. 1 thing to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 35th percentile (spring 62nd, summer 43rd, fall 49th)
  • Pennsylvania: 26th percentile (spring 48th, summer 25th, fall 41st)
  • Ridge and Valley: 11th percentile (spring 16th, summer 51st, fall 68th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 1 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Dandelion
  • Main flow: Apr 1 to Jun 30 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Season ends: Oct 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 4 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.2 mi S, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 3 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.7 mi SW, blooms early Jul – early Aug

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion; light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Summer-flowering shrubs, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Clovers: white, alsike and red; light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion; light amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Summer-flowering shrubs, Clovers: white, alsike and red; light amber

Things to watch

  • Near a FEMA high-risk flood zone. A mapped high-risk flood zone (A) 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.