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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 44.0408, -95.4397

Estimated forage here is better than about 97% of sites in Minnesota. Against other Minnesota sites it stands out most in summer (90th percentile) and lowest in spring (40th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.2 mi SW, grown 3 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.2 mi SW, grown 2 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: open water, 0.23 mi S.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 96th percentile (spring 34th, summer 96th, fall 71st)
  • Minnesota: 97th percentile (spring 40th, summer 90th, fall 57th)
  • Western Corn Belt Plains: 91st percentile (spring 67th, summer 61st, fall 94th)

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

  • Soybeans: about 4,758 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi S, blooms late Jun – early Sep
  • Corn: about 5,615 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi S, blooms late Jul – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 210 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi SW, blooms late Jun – early Sep
  • Soybeans: about 315 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi S, blooms late Jun – early Sep
  • Corn: about 879 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi N, blooms late Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 196 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi SW, blooms late Jul – early Aug

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
  • Fall honey (September to November): Soybeans, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Garden flowers; light amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Soybeans, Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red; 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.