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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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Forage report for 40.9907, -75.8965

Estimated forage here is better than about 5% of sites in Pennsylvania. Against other Pennsylvania sites it ranks highest in fall (13th percentile) and lowest in summer (3rd). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 2.7 mi NW, grown 3 of the last 5 years); squash (nearest 3.6 mi SE, grown 1 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: 19th percentile (spring 51st, summer 32nd, fall 38th)
  • Pennsylvania: 5th percentile (spring 10th, summer 3rd, fall 13th)
  • Ridge and Valley: 0th percentile (spring 2nd, summer 23rd, fall 34th)

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)
  • Main flow: Apr 16 to Jun 30 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Summer-flowering shrubs, Spring-flowering shrubs
  • Season ends: Oct 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 5 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.7 mi NW, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 3 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.9 mi NW, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Squash: about 3 acres in a typical year, nearest 3.6 mi SE, blooms late Jun – late Oct
  • Corn: about 3 acres in a typical year, nearest 3.7 mi NE, blooms early Jul – early Aug

What the honey would be made of

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