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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 45.3145, -94.4114

Estimated forage here is better than about 76% of sites in Minnesota. Against other Minnesota sites it stands out most in fall (73rd percentile) and lowest in spring (43rd). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 0.2 mi NW, grown 2 of the last 5 years); soybeans (nearest 0.2 mi W, grown 3 of the last 5 years); alfalfa (nearest 0.3 mi NE). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, 0.24 mi W. 1 thing to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 90th percentile (spring 37th, summer 92nd, fall 82nd)
  • Minnesota: 76th percentile (spring 43rd, summer 72nd, fall 73rd)
  • North Central Hardwood Forests: 97th percentile (spring 21st, summer 95th, fall 69th)

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, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Main flow: Jul 1 to Aug 31 — Soybeans, Alfalfa
  • Season ends: Sep 30

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 9,098 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi S, blooms late Jul – late Aug
  • Soybeans: about 1,733 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi NE, blooms early Jul – early Sep
  • Soybeans: about 1,291 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi SE, blooms early Jul – early Sep
  • Soybeans: about 176 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi S, blooms early Jul – early Sep
  • Soybeans: about 484 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi W, blooms early Jul – early Sep
  • Corn: about 1,756 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi E, blooms late Jul – late Aug

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; extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Soybeans, Alfalfa; white
  • Fall honey (September to November): Soybeans, Alfalfa, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Clovers: white, alsike and red; extra light amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Soybeans, Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Alfalfa; extra light amber

Things to watch

  • Near a FEMA high-risk flood zone. A mapped high-risk flood zone (A) is within about 300 m. Check FEMA's map for the exact spot.

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.