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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 44.7101, -75.4631

Estimated forage here is better than about 37% of sites in New York. Against other New York sites it stands out most in fall (81st percentile) and lowest in spring (34th). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 0.9 mi S, grown 2 of the last 5 years); alfalfa (nearest 2.2 mi NE, grown 4 of the last 5 years); soybeans (nearest 1.7 mi NE, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: pond, lake or river, less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 47th percentile (spring 56th, summer 62nd, fall 66th)
  • New York: 37th percentile (spring 34th, summer 45th, fall 81st)
  • Eastern Great Lakes Lowlands: 11th percentile (spring 25th, summer 16th, fall 66th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 16 — Dandelion, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar)
  • Main flow: Apr 16 to Jul 31 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar)
  • Fall flow: Aug 16 to Aug 31 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Garden flowers
  • Season ends: Oct 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 34 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi S, blooms late Jul – late Aug
  • Corn: about 211 acres in a typical year, nearest 2 mi S, blooms late Jul – late Aug
  • Corn: about 105 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.1 mi SE, blooms late Jul – late Aug
  • Corn: about 433 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.6 mi E, blooms late Jul – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 103 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.2 mi NE, blooms late Jun – early Sep
  • Soybeans: about 33 acres in a typical year, nearest 2 mi S, blooms early Jul – early Sep

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, Garden flowers, Summer-flowering shrubs; 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; extra light amber

Things to watch

  • 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.