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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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Forage report for 41.3434, -80.4013

Estimated forage here is better than about 89% of sites in Pennsylvania. Spring, summer and fall all rank about the same against other Pennsylvania sites. Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.6 mi SE, grown 2 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.7 mi E, grown 3 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, 0.27 mi SW.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 78th percentile (spring 81st, summer 76th, fall 61st)
  • Pennsylvania: 89th percentile (spring 89th, summer 84th, fall 86th)
  • Erie Drift Plain: 56th percentile (spring 82nd, summer 50th, fall 81st)

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 Aug 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Soybeans
  • Season ends: Sep 30

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 32 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi SW, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Soybeans: about 52 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi S, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Corn: about 40 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi SW, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 42 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.4 mi SE, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Soybeans: about 20 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi W, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Corn: about 65 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi S, blooms early Jul – early Aug

What the honey would be made of

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