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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 44.2728, -75.8578

Estimated forage here is better than about 77% of sites in New York. Against other New York sites it stands out most in fall (84th percentile) and lowest in summer (67th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 1.6 mi NE, grown 3 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.7 mi N, grown 1 of the last 5 years); sweet corn (nearest 0.8 mi N, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, 0.11 mi S. 1 thing to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 68th percentile (spring 73rd, summer 69th, fall 67th)
  • New York: 77th percentile (spring 79th, summer 67th, fall 84th)
  • Eastern Great Lakes Lowlands: 48th percentile (spring 76th, summer 34th, fall 70th)

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 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Dandelion
  • Season ends: Oct 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 31 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.6 mi NE, blooms early Jul – early Sep
  • Corn: about 38 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.6 mi NE, blooms late Jul – late Aug
  • Soybeans: about 27 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.3 mi N, blooms early Jul – early Sep
  • Corn: about 48 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.3 mi N, blooms late Jul – late Aug
  • Corn: about 2 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi N, blooms late Jul – late Aug
  • Soybeans: about 12 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.5 mi NW, blooms early Jul – early Sep

What the honey would be made of

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

Things to watch

  • Bee crops nearby that are often sprayed. Sweet Corn: insecticides used on about 44% of surveyed US acres (2024). Figures are from USDA's Agricultural Chemical Use Survey, matched by crop type from the crop map. The survey counts any insecticide use in the crop year (not seed treatments) and doesn't say when; ask nearby growers about spray timing.
  • No digital FEMA flood map here. FEMA has no digital flood map for this area. Ask the county, and look for low ground near creeks before placing 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.