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Forage report for 41.3196, -84.0353

Estimated forage here is better than about 91% of sites in Ohio. Against other Ohio sites it stands out most in summer (91st percentile) and lowest in spring (14th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (right here, grown 3 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.1 mi SE, grown 2 of the last 5 years); popcorn and ornamental corn (nearest 1.2 mi W, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.19 mi W. 1 thing to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 98th percentile (spring 24th, summer 99th, fall 17th)
  • Ohio: 91st percentile (spring 14th, summer 91st, fall 17th)
  • Huron/Erie Lake Plains: 90th percentile (spring 35th, summer 88th, fall 15th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Apr 16 — Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: Jun 16 to Aug 15 — Soybeans
  • Season ends: Aug 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 14,345 acres in a typical year, nearest 0 mi E, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Corn: about 6,029 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi SE, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 839 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi SE, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 86 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi E, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 1,850 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.9 mi E, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 1,388 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.6 mi NW, blooms late Jun – late Aug

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Soybeans, Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red; light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Soybeans
  • Fall honey (September to November): Garden flowers, Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Cucumbers; light amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Soybeans, Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red; light amber

Things to watch

  • Bee crops nearby that are often sprayed. Cucumbers: insecticides used on about 36% of surveyed US acres (2024). Figures are from USDA's Agricultural Chemical Use Survey, matched by crop type from the crop map. The survey counts any insecticide use in the crop year (not seed treatments) and doesn't say when; ask nearby growers about spray timing.
  • No digital FEMA flood map here. FEMA has no digital flood map for this area. Ask the county, and look for low ground near creeks before placing hives.

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.