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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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Forage report for 42.9466, -71.4814

Estimated forage here is better than about 100% of sites in New Hampshire. Spring, summer and fall all rank about the same against other New Hampshire sites. Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 2.2 mi NW, grown 2 of the last 5 years); sweet corn (nearest 2.3 mi N, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.15 mi SE. 2 things to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 73rd percentile (spring 76th, summer 71st, fall 75th)
  • New Hampshire: 100th percentile (spring 96th, summer 95th, fall 100th)
  • Northeastern Coastal Zone: 91st percentile (spring 80th, summer 93rd, fall 96th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 16 — Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: Apr 16 to Jul 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Season ends: Oct 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 6 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.2 mi NW, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 5 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.3 mi N, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Sweet corn: about 1 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.3 mi N, blooms early Jul – early Aug

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Garden flowers, Lindens / basswood; light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Garden flowers, Summer-flowering shrubs; extra light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Garden flowers; extra light amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Garden flowers, Summer-flowering shrubs; extra light amber

Things to watch

  • Heavily developed. About 76% of the land within a mile is developed. Less room for forage, and more neighbors near the hives.
  • Bee crops nearby that are often sprayed. Sweet Corn: insecticides used on about 44% of surveyed US acres (2024). Figures are from USDA's Agricultural Chemical Use Survey, matched by crop type from the crop map. The survey counts any insecticide use in the crop year (not seed treatments) and doesn't say when; ask nearby growers about spray timing.
  • Flood map not checked. FEMA's flood map service didn't answer. Check it directly.

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.