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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 43.2168, -77.4215

Estimated forage here is better than about 96% of sites in New York. Spring, summer and fall all rank about the same against other New York sites. Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 1.0 mi SE, grown 1 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 1.0 mi SE, grown 1 of the last 5 years); alfalfa (nearest 1.0 mi SE, grown 3 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, 0.14 mi NW. 1 thing to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 81st percentile (spring 81st, summer 78th, fall 77th)
  • New York: 96th percentile (spring 93rd, summer 88th, fall 96th)
  • Eastern Great Lakes Lowlands: 89th percentile (spring 91st, summer 68th, fall 92nd)

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, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: Apr 16 to Jul 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Fall flow: Aug 1 to Aug 31 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Garden flowers
  • Season ends: Sep 30

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 85 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi SE, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Corn: about 115 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi E, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 28 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.4 mi S, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Soybeans: about 62 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.9 mi SE, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Soybeans: about 17 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.4 mi N, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Corn: about 16 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi SE, 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), Garden flowers; light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Garden flowers, Soybeans; extra light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Garden flowers, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard); extra light amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Garden flowers, Soybeans; extra light amber

Things to watch

  • Heavily developed. About 77% of the land within a mile is developed. Less room for forage, and more neighbors near the 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.