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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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Forage report for 42.9843, -76.3430

Estimated forage here is better than about 88% of sites in New York. Against other New York sites it stands out most in summer (88th percentile) and lowest in spring (68th). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 0.5 mi W, grown 3 of the last 5 years); alfalfa (nearest 0.3 mi W, grown 2 of the last 5 years); soybeans (nearest 0.6 mi E, grown 4 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.35 mi E.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 74th percentile (spring 68th, summer 78th, fall 68th)
  • New York: 88th percentile (spring 68th, summer 88th, fall 85th)
  • Eastern Great Lakes Lowlands: 69th percentile (spring 63rd, summer 67th, fall 74th)

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 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Dandelion
  • Main flow: Apr 16 to Aug 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Alfalfa
  • Season ends: Oct 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 345 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi SW, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 116 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi E, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 64 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi SE, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 36 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi E, blooms late Jun – early Sep
  • Corn: about 76 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.4 mi E, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 32 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi W, 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), Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard); light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Alfalfa, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Soybeans, Dandelion; extra light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Alfalfa, Garden flowers; extra light amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Alfalfa, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar); 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.