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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 43.6044, -73.1856

Estimated forage here is better than about 47% of sites in Vermont. Against other Vermont sites it stands out most in fall (87th percentile) and lowest in summer (35th). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 0.2 mi W, grown 1 of the last 5 years); alfalfa (nearest 0.8 mi N, grown 3 of the last 5 years); soybeans (nearest 1.3 mi SW, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: pond, lake or river, less than 0.1 mi away. 1 thing to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 52nd percentile (spring 66th, summer 61st, fall 53rd)
  • Vermont: 47th percentile (spring 50th, summer 35th, fall 87th)
  • Northeastern Highlands: 64th percentile (spring 63rd, summer 52nd, fall 92nd)

Percentile among 3,000 random land points across Vermont, 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 15 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Fall flow: Aug 1 to Aug 15 — Summer-flowering shrubs, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Season ends: Oct 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 43 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi N, blooms late Jul – late Aug
  • Corn: about 23 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi W, blooms late Jul – late Aug
  • Corn: about 22 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi SW, blooms late Jul – late Aug
  • Corn: about 6 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi W, blooms late Jul – late Aug
  • Corn: about 26 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.4 mi W, blooms late Jul – late Aug
  • Corn: about 8 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi SW, blooms late Jul – late Aug

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, Summer-flowering shrubs, Dandelion, Summer-flowering trees (locust, linden); 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): Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Summer-flowering shrubs; light amber

Things to watch

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