Bee forage check

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 35.2524, -75.5391

Estimated forage here is better than about 37% of sites in North Carolina. Against other North Carolina sites it stands out most in fall (96th percentile) and lowest in summer (7th). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, less than 0.1 mi away. 1 thing to watch (below).

Ranking

Continental US: 61st percentile (spring 82nd, summer 17th, fall 50th)
North Carolina: 37th percentile (spring 30th, summer 7th, fall 96th)
Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain: 33rd percentile (spring 55th, summer 18th, fall 92nd)

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

Season

First forage: Jan 1 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar)
Main flow: Feb 1 to Apr 30 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Summer-flowering trees (locust, linden)
Season ends: Oct 31

What the honey would be made of

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

Things to watch

Near a FEMA high-risk flood zone. A mapped high-risk flood zone (AE) 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.