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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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Forage report for 40.7475, -81.7512

Estimated forage here is better than about 49% of sites in Ohio. Against other Ohio sites it stands out most in fall (87th percentile) and lowest in spring (44th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (right here, grown 3 of the last 5 years); corn (right here, grown 2 of the last 5 years); alfalfa (nearest 0.5 mi W, 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: 85th percentile (spring 66th, summer 87th, fall 56th)
  • Ohio: 49th percentile (spring 44th, summer 53rd, fall 87th)
  • Erie Drift Plain: 80th percentile (spring 52nd, summer 82nd, fall 73rd)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 16 — Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: Jun 16 to Aug 15 — Soybeans, Alfalfa, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Season ends: Sep 30

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 170 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi W, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Corn: about 281 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi W, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 20 acres in a typical year, nearest 0 mi , blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Soybeans: about 48 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi SW, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Corn: about 73 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi E, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 50 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi S, blooms early Jul – early Aug

What the honey would be made of

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