Bee forage check

How good is this spot for honey bees?

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The colors are the national forage map: every square kilometer of the lower 48, scored the same way. See the honey flow for your state and town, the best and worst spots we found, or how the scoring works.

Forage report for 41.0567, -72.2984

Estimated forage here is better than about 22% of sites in New York. Against other New York sites it stands out most in fall (68th percentile) and lowest in summer (6th). Nearest mapped water: pond, lake or river, 0.37 mi N.

Ranking

Continental US: 38th percentile (spring 63rd, summer 40th, fall 61st)
New York: 22nd percentile (spring 54th, summer 6th, fall 68th)
Atlantic Coastal Pine Barrens: 20th percentile (spring 32nd, summer 19th, fall 52nd)

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

Season

First forage: Mar 1 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar)
Main flow: Apr 1 to Jun 30 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Summer-flowering trees (locust, linden), Spring-flowering shrubs
Season ends: Oct 31

What the honey would be made of

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