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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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Forage report for 41.9016, -80.3372

Estimated forage here is better than about 73% of sites in Pennsylvania. Against other Pennsylvania sites it stands out most in summer (85th percentile) and lowest in spring (43rd). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (right here, grown 2 of the last 5 years); corn (right here, grown 2 of the last 5 years); clover and wildflowers (nearest 1.4 mi NE, 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: 65th percentile (spring 61st, summer 77th, fall 51st)
  • Pennsylvania: 73rd percentile (spring 43rd, summer 85th, fall 53rd)
  • Erie Drift Plain: 36th percentile (spring 38th, summer 52nd, fall 59th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 1 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Dandelion
  • Main flow: May 1 to Aug 31 — Soybeans, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Season ends: Sep 30

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 29 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi SE, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Soybeans: about 34 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi N, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Soybeans: about 13 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi S, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Soybeans: about 28 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi NE, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Corn: about 57 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi NW, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 45 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi E, 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, Summer-flowering shrubs, Dandelion; extra light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Garden flowers, Clover/Wildflowers; extra light amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Soybeans, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar); 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.