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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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Forage report for 41.4431, -87.1173

Estimated forage here is better than about 28% of sites in Indiana. Against other Indiana sites it stands out most in fall (98th percentile) and lowest in summer (21st). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.6 mi W, grown 2 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.6 mi W, grown 3 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.13 mi NW.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 85th percentile (spring 83rd, summer 82nd, fall 69th)
  • Indiana: 28th percentile (spring 83rd, summer 21st, fall 98th)
  • Central Corn Belt Plains: 15th percentile (spring 98th, summer 9th, fall 93rd)

Percentile among 3,000 random land points across Indiana, 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 2,577 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi S, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Corn: about 1,020 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi S, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 1,300 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.5 mi SE, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 74 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi W, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Corn: about 72 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi W, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 19 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi W, blooms late Jun – late Aug

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Soybeans, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar); light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Soybeans, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Garden flowers; 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, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard); extra 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.