Bee forage check

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 42.8689, -72.8627

Estimated forage here is better than about 72% of sites in Vermont. Against other Vermont sites it stands out most in fall (91st percentile) and lowest in spring (51st). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.16 mi S. 1 thing to watch (below).

Ranking

Continental US: 61st percentile (spring 66th, summer 69th, fall 56th)
Vermont: 72nd percentile (spring 51st, summer 84th, fall 91st)
Northeastern Highlands: 82nd percentile (spring 64th, summer 87th, fall 93rd)

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

Season

First forage: Mar 16 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Dandelion
Main flow: May 1 to Jul 15 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Summer-flowering trees (locust, linden), Clovers: white, alsike and red
Season ends: Oct 15

What the honey would be made of

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

Things to watch

Near a FEMA high-risk flood zone. A mapped high-risk flood zone (AE) is within about 300 m. Check FEMA's map for the exact spot.

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.