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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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Forage report for 45.2236, -95.3948

Estimated forage here is better than about 64% of sites in Minnesota. Against other Minnesota sites it stands out most in summer (69th percentile) and lowest in spring (30th). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 0.1 mi S); soybeans (nearest 0.3 mi NW, grown 2 of the last 5 years); dry beans (nearest 0.3 mi SW, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.17 mi S.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 86th percentile (spring 23rd, summer 91st, fall 73rd)
  • Minnesota: 64th percentile (spring 30th, summer 69th, fall 61st)
  • Western Corn Belt Plains: 13th percentile (spring 55th, summer 19th, fall 96th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Apr 16 — Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: Jul 1 to Aug 31 — Soybeans
  • Season ends: Sep 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 10,352 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi S, blooms late Jul – late Aug
  • Corn: about 8,665 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi NE, blooms late Jul – late Aug
  • Soybeans: about 2,100 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi NE, blooms early Jul – early Sep
  • Corn: about 191 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi E, blooms late Jul – late Aug
  • Corn: about 120 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi NW, blooms late Jul – late Aug
  • Soybeans: about 90 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi SE, blooms early Jul – early Sep

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Alfalfa; light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Soybeans, Alfalfa; white
  • Fall honey (September to November): Soybeans, Dry Beans, Alfalfa, Dandelion; white
  • Whole season (March to November): Soybeans, Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Alfalfa; extra light amber

Things to watch

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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.