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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 43.2401, -75.2559

Estimated forage here is better than about 79% of sites in New York. Spring, summer and fall all rank about the same against other New York sites. Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 0.2 mi NE, grown 4 of the last 5 years); soybeans (nearest 0.2 mi E, grown 2 of the last 5 years); alfalfa (nearest 0.4 mi NW, grown 2 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away. 1 thing to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 69th percentile (spring 69th, summer 73rd, fall 64th)
  • New York: 79th percentile (spring 71st, summer 78th, fall 78th)
  • Eastern Great Lakes Lowlands: 51st percentile (spring 67th, summer 49th, fall 62nd)

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 Jul 31 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Dandelion
  • Fall flow: Aug 16 to Aug 31 — Alfalfa, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Season ends: Oct 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 73 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi S, blooms late Jul – late Aug
  • Corn: about 43 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi NE, blooms late Jul – late Aug
  • Soybeans: about 10 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi E, blooms early Jul – early Sep
  • Corn: about 34 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi SE, blooms late Jul – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 34 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi SE, blooms late Jun – early Sep
  • Soybeans: about 12 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi S, blooms early Jul – early Sep

What the honey would be made of

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

Things to watch

  • Near a FEMA high-risk flood zone. A mapped high-risk flood zone (A, 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.