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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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Forage report for 41.1763, -86.5565

Estimated forage here is better than about 18% of sites in Indiana. Against other Indiana sites it stands out most in fall (86th percentile) and lowest in summer (31st). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 0.1 mi N, grown 2 of the last 5 years); soybeans (nearest 0.1 mi N, grown 1 of the last 5 years); popcorn and ornamental corn (nearest 0.1 mi N, 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: 81st percentile (spring 52nd, summer 88th, fall 47th)
  • Indiana: 18th percentile (spring 52nd, summer 31st, fall 86th)
  • Southern Michigan/Northern Indiana Drift Plains: 37th percentile (spring 42nd, summer 51st, fall 31st)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 16 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Main flow: Jun 16 to Aug 15 — Soybeans
  • Season ends: Sep 30

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 4,148 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi SE, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 592 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi NE, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 360 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi E, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Corn: about 354 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi W, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 892 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi SE, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Soybeans: about 61 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi SE, blooms late Jun – late Aug

What the honey would be made of

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