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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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Forage report for 40.8544, -80.4552

Estimated forage here is better than about 83% of sites in Pennsylvania. Against other Pennsylvania sites it stands out most in summer (89th percentile) and lowest in fall (46th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.2 mi S, grown 2 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.2 mi SE, grown 3 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: 73rd percentile (spring 66th, summer 79th, fall 50th)
  • Pennsylvania: 83rd percentile (spring 67th, summer 89th, fall 46th)
  • Erie Drift Plain: 46th percentile (spring 54th, summer 59th, fall 53rd)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 1 — Dandelion, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar)
  • Main flow: Apr 16 to Aug 15 — Soybeans, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Season ends: Sep 30

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 45 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi W, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Soybeans: about 118 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi N, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Corn: about 162 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi NE, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 16 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi S, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Corn: about 40 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi W, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 29 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 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, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Soybeans; light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Soybeans, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Alfalfa; extra light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Garden flowers; extra light amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Soybeans, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar); 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.