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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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Forage report for 44.6303, -73.1246

Estimated forage here is better than about 87% of sites in Vermont. Against other Vermont sites it stands out most in fall (98th percentile) and lowest in spring (74th). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 1.2 mi SE, grown 4 of the last 5 years); soybeans (nearest 2.0 mi SE, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, 0.13 mi N. 1 thing to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 66th percentile (spring 73rd, summer 68th, fall 65th)
  • Vermont: 87th percentile (spring 74th, summer 79th, fall 98th)
  • Eastern Great Lakes Lowlands: 45th percentile (spring 75th, summer 32nd, fall 66th)

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

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 28 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi SE, blooms late Jul – late Aug
  • Corn: about 37 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.3 mi W, blooms late Jul – late Aug
  • Corn: about 44 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.6 mi W, blooms late Jul – late Aug
  • Corn: about 17 acres in a typical year, nearest 2 mi SE, blooms late Jul – late Aug
  • Corn: about 7 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.7 mi SE, blooms late Jul – late Aug
  • Corn: about 14 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.1 mi NE, blooms late Jul – late Aug

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Summer-flowering trees (locust, linden); light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Summer-flowering shrubs, Garden flowers; 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): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Garden flowers; light amber

Things to watch

  • Heavily developed. About 56% of the land within a mile is developed. Less room for forage, and more neighbors near the hives.
  • Flood map not checked. FEMA's flood map service didn't answer. Check it directly.

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.