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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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The colors are the national forage map: every square kilometer of the lower 48, scored the same way. See the honey flow for your state and town, the best and worst spots we found, or how the scoring works.

Forage report for 42.3577, -73.8092

Estimated forage here is better than about 77% of sites in New York. Against other New York sites it stands out most in spring (83rd percentile) and lowest in summer (66th). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 0.8 mi SW, grown 4 of the last 5 years); soybeans (nearest 0.9 mi SW, grown 1 of the last 5 years); sorghum (nearest 1.6 mi S, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: pond, lake or river, less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 68th percentile (spring 75th, summer 68th, fall 63rd)
  • New York: 77th percentile (spring 83rd, summer 66th, fall 75th)
  • Northeastern Coastal Zone: 85th percentile (spring 78th, summer 89th, fall 68th)

Percentile among 3,000 random land points across New York, 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 Jul 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Fall flow: Aug 1 to Aug 31 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Season ends: Sep 30

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 201 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi S, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 53 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi SW, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 68 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi S, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Soybeans: about 13 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi SW, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Soybeans: about 11 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi S, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Corn: about 47 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.5 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, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Early trees (maple, willow, poplar); extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Garden flowers; extra light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Garden flowers, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster); extra light amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Garden flowers; 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.