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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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Forage report for 45.4506, -94.9995

Estimated forage here is better than about 52% of sites in Minnesota. Against other Minnesota sites it stands out most in fall (81st percentile) and lowest in spring (51st). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 0.4 mi N); soybeans (nearest 0.3 mi NE, grown 2 of the last 5 years); dry beans (nearest 0.6 mi E, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, 0.17 mi SE.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 80th percentile (spring 43rd, summer 87th, fall 90th)
  • Minnesota: 52nd percentile (spring 51st, summer 54th, fall 81st)
  • North Central Hardwood Forests: 68th percentile (spring 34th, summer 70th, fall 87th)

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 16 to Aug 31 — Soybeans, Dry Beans, Alfalfa
  • Season ends: Oct 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 5,669 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi N, blooms late Jul – late Aug
  • Corn: about 860 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi W, blooms late Jul – late Aug
  • Soybeans: about 232 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi E, blooms early Jul – early Sep
  • Corn: about 484 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi SE, blooms late Jul – late Aug
  • Dry beans: about 75 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi N, blooms late Jul – late Sep
  • Soybeans: about 23 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi NE, blooms early Jul – early Sep

What the honey would be made of

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