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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 42.5622, -77.5958

Estimated forage here is better than about 92% of sites in New York. Against other New York sites it stands out most in fall (100th percentile) and lowest in spring (47th). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 0.4 mi SE, grown 1 of the last 5 years); dry beans (nearest 0.4 mi E, grown 1 of the last 5 years); peas (nearest 0.4 mi E, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 78th percentile (spring 61st, summer 80th, fall 93rd)
  • New York: 92nd percentile (spring 47th, summer 91st, fall 100th)
  • Northern Allegheny Plateau: 99th percentile (spring 82nd, summer 95th, fall 100th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 16 — Dandelion, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar)
  • Main flow: Apr 16 to Sep 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Clover/Wildflowers
  • Season ends: Oct 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 52 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi SE, blooms late Jul – late Aug
  • Corn: about 116 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi S, blooms late Jul – late Aug
  • Corn: about 37 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi NW, blooms late Jul – late Aug
  • Dry beans: about 21 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi SW, blooms late Jul – late Sep
  • Peas: about 13 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi E, blooms late May – early Jul
  • Dry beans: about 11 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi E, blooms late Jul – late Sep

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Clover/Wildflowers; light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Clover/Wildflowers, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Alfalfa, Dry Beans; white
  • Fall honey (September to November): Clover/Wildflowers, Dry Beans, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion; white
  • Whole season (March to November): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Clover/Wildflowers, Alfalfa; extra light amber

Things to watch

  • 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.