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How good is this spot for honey bees?

Enter an address or tap the map. You'll see which bee plants and crops are within flight range (about 3.7 miles, with nearer land counting more), when the honey flow comes and when there's a dearth, nearby water, a few things worth checking, and how the spot ranks against random sites in your state and across the country.

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Forage report for 33.6692, -79.1167

Estimated forage here is better than about 72% of sites in South Carolina. Against other South Carolina sites it stands out most in fall (81st percentile) and lowest in summer (62nd). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.2 mi NW, grown 3 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.4 mi N, grown 3 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 71st percentile (spring 89th, summer 30th, fall 32nd)
  • South Carolina: 72nd percentile (spring 71st, summer 62nd, fall 81st)
  • Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain: 51st percentile (spring 75th, summer 34th, fall 72nd)

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

Season

  • First forage: Jan 1 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Main flow: Feb 1 to Jun 15 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Soybeans, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar)
  • Season ends: Sep 30

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 57 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi NW, blooms late Apr – late Jun
  • Corn: about 106 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi SE, blooms early May – early Jun
  • Soybeans: about 42 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi SE, blooms late Apr – late Jun
  • Soybeans: about 13 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi E, blooms late Apr – late Jun
  • Soybeans: about 9 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi S, blooms late Apr – late Jun
  • Soybeans: about 44 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.5 mi N, blooms late Apr – late Jun

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Soybeans, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Summer-flowering shrubs, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar); extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion; light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Garden flowers; amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Soybeans, Summer-flowering shrubs, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar); 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.