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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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Forage report for 40.9311, -80.3624

Estimated forage here is better than about 69% of sites in Pennsylvania. Against other Pennsylvania sites it stands out most in spring (79th percentile) and lowest in summer (68th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 1.1 mi W, grown 4 of the last 5 years); clover and wildflowers (nearest 1.1 mi W, grown 1 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 1.1 mi SW, grown 2 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.37 mi N.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 62nd percentile (spring 71st, summer 66th, fall 58th)
  • Pennsylvania: 69th percentile (spring 79th, summer 68th, fall 78th)
  • Erie Drift Plain: 32nd percentile (spring 65th, summer 25th, fall 76th)

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 1 to Jul 31 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Fall flow: Aug 16 to Aug 31 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Soybeans
  • Season ends: Sep 30

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 41 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi W, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Clover and wildflowers: about 20 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi W, blooms late Apr – late Sep
  • Corn: about 69 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.3 mi NW, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 60 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.8 mi NW, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Soybeans: about 42 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.6 mi W, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Soybeans: about 27 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.3 mi NW, blooms late Jun – late Aug

What the honey would be made of

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