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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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Forage report for 37.7595, -75.6653

Estimated forage here is better than about 100% of sites in Virginia. Against other Virginia sites it stands out most in summer (100th percentile) and lowest in fall (17th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.2 mi SE, grown 3 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.2 mi S, grown 2 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, 0.1 mi SE.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 89th percentile (spring 71st, summer 89th, fall 12th)
  • Virginia: 100th percentile (spring 19th, summer 100th, fall 17th)
  • Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain: 94th percentile (spring 26th, summer 94th, fall 26th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Feb 16 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Dandelion
  • Main flow: May 16 to Jul 31 — Soybeans
  • Season ends: Aug 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 797 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi SE, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Corn: about 386 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi S, blooms early Jun – early Jul
  • Corn: about 220 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi N, blooms early Jun – early Jul
  • Soybeans: about 220 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi SW, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 44 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi NW, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 67 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi SW, blooms late May – late Jul

What the honey would be made of

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