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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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Forage report for 40.6994, -83.9748

Estimated forage here is better than about 81% of sites in Ohio. Against other Ohio sites it stands out most in summer (77th percentile) and lowest in spring (26th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (right here, grown 2 of the last 5 years); corn (right here, grown 3 of the last 5 years); alfalfa (nearest 0.6 mi S, grown 2 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: 96th percentile (spring 40th, summer 97th, fall 24th)
  • Ohio: 81st percentile (spring 26th, summer 77th, fall 27th)
  • Eastern Corn Belt Plains: 71st percentile (spring 44th, summer 64th, fall 60th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Apr 1 — Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: Jun 16 to Aug 15 — Soybeans
  • Season ends: Aug 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 10,411 acres in a typical year, nearest 0 mi , blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Corn: about 2,741 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi SW, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 1,399 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi N, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 161 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi W, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Corn: about 82 acres in a typical year, nearest 0 mi , blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 117 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi W, blooms early Jul – early Aug

What the honey would be made of

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