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Forage report for 43.5067, -92.9403

Estimated forage here is better than about 82% of sites in Minnesota. Against other Minnesota sites it stands out most in summer (78th percentile) and lowest in fall (40th). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 0.1 mi NE, grown 1 of the last 5 years); soybeans (nearest 0.1 mi NE, grown 2 of the last 5 years); alfalfa (nearest 0.1 mi NE, grown 2 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, 0.26 mi W.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 92nd percentile (spring 41st, summer 94th, fall 61st)
  • Minnesota: 82nd percentile (spring 47th, summer 78th, fall 40th)
  • Western Corn Belt Plains: 45th percentile (spring 75th, summer 33rd, fall 83rd)

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

Season

  • First forage: Apr 1 — Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: Jul 1 to Aug 31 — Soybeans
  • Season ends: Sep 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 7,761 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi N, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 4,025 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi W, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 2,332 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi N, blooms late Jun – early Sep
  • Soybeans: about 663 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi W, blooms late Jun – early Sep
  • Soybeans: about 1,740 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi SE, blooms late Jun – early Sep
  • Soybeans: about 1,559 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi NW, blooms late Jun – early Sep

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Soybeans, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard); light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Soybeans, Alfalfa; white
  • Fall honey (September to November): Soybeans, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Alfalfa; extra light amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Soybeans, Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Alfalfa; 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.