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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 37.6429, -85.3919

Estimated forage here is better than about 78% of sites in Kentucky. Against other Kentucky sites it stands out most in summer (83rd percentile) and lowest in spring and fall (19th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (right here, grown 2 of the last 5 years); corn (right here, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 83rd percentile (spring 80th, summer 83rd, fall 17th)
  • Kentucky: 78th percentile (spring 19th, summer 83rd, fall 19th)
  • Interior Plateau: 82nd percentile (spring 15th, summer 90th, fall 12th)

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

Season

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

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 121 acres in a typical year, nearest 0 mi NE, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Corn: about 180 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi SE, blooms early Jun – early Jul
  • Soybeans: about 202 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.3 mi NW, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 16 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi NW, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 16 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi SW, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Corn: about 89 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi S, blooms early Jun – early 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; extra light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Garden flowers, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion; light amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Soybeans, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion; 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.