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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 43.1353, -71.4510

Estimated forage here is better than about 78% of sites in New Hampshire. Against other New Hampshire sites it stands out most in fall (95th percentile) and lowest in spring (70th). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 0.8 mi NW, grown 2 of the last 5 years); sweet corn (nearest 1.3 mi NW, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.36 mi E. 2 things to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 51st percentile (spring 63rd, summer 61st, fall 62nd)
  • New Hampshire: 78th percentile (spring 70th, summer 73rd, fall 95th)
  • Northeastern Coastal Zone: 55th percentile (spring 39th, summer 68th, fall 63rd)

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, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar)
  • Main flow: Apr 16 to Jul 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Fall flow: Aug 1 to Aug 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Garden flowers
  • Season ends: Oct 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 23 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.3 mi NW, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 82 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.1 mi NE, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 8 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi NE, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 13 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.5 mi NE, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 16 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.7 mi NW, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 5 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi SW, blooms early Jul – early Aug

What the honey would be made of

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

Things to watch

  • Heavily developed. About 52% 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.

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.