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 35.6881, -75.4944

Estimated forage here is better than about 0% of sites in North Carolina. Against other North Carolina sites it stands out most in fall (98th percentile) and lowest in spring (below the 1st). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, less than 0.1 mi away. 1 thing to watch (below).

Ranking

Continental US: 10th percentile (spring 35th, summer 12th, fall 51st)
North Carolina: 0th percentile (spring 0th, summer 3rd, fall 98th)
Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain: 0th percentile (spring 1st, summer 10th, fall 93rd)

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

Season

First forage: Jan 16 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Native wildflowers
Main flow: Feb 16 to Jul 15 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Native wildflowers
Fall flow: Aug 1 to Oct 31 — Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster)
Season ends: Oct 31

What the honey would be made of

Spring honey (March to June): Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Native wildflowers, Soybeans, Clovers: white, alsike and red; extra light amber
Summer honey (July and August): Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard); amber
Fall honey (September to November): Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster); amber
Whole season (March to November): Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Native wildflowers, Soybeans; 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.