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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 37.0528, -88.4977

Estimated forage here is better than about 65% of sites in Kentucky. Against other Kentucky sites it stands out most in summer (75th percentile) and lowest in fall (13th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.5 mi W, grown 2 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.5 mi SE, grown 1 of the last 5 years); rapeseed (nearest 1.0 mi S, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.12 mi SW.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 77th percentile (spring 83rd, summer 76th, fall 13th)
  • Kentucky: 65th percentile (spring 27th, summer 75th, fall 13th)
  • Interior River Valleys and Hills: 16th percentile (spring 86th, summer 16th, fall 21st)

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

Season

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

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 4,201 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi N, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 465 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi W, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Corn: about 345 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi N, blooms early Jun – early Jul
  • Soybeans: about 43 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi SE, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Rapeseed: about 14 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi S, blooms late Mar – late May
  • Soybeans: about 48 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi S, blooms late May – late Jul

What the honey would be made of

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