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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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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 36.5421, -86.6756

Estimated forage here is better than about 82% of sites in Tennessee. Against other Tennessee sites it stands out most in summer (84th percentile) and lowest in fall (16th). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 0.4 mi NE, grown 2 of the last 5 years); soybeans (nearest 0.2 mi N, grown 2 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: open water, 0.36 mi S.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 84th percentile (spring 93rd, summer 76th, fall 17th)
  • Tennessee: 82nd percentile (spring 74th, summer 84th, fall 16th)
  • Interior Plateau: 84th percentile (spring 75th, summer 79th, fall 12th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Feb 1 — Dandelion, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar)
  • Main flow: Mar 16 to Jul 31 — Soybeans, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Season ends: Aug 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 95 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi N, blooms early Jun – early Jul
  • Soybeans: about 18 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi NW, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Corn: about 88 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi SW, blooms early Jun – early Jul
  • Soybeans: about 28 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi NE, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 10 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi E, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 8 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi S, blooms late May – late Jul

What the honey would be made of

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