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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 37.7754, -80.4603

Estimated forage here is better than about 93% of sites in West Virginia. Against other West Virginia sites it stands out most in summer (98th percentile) and lowest in spring (44th). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 0.2 mi S, grown 4 of the last 5 years); soybeans (nearest 0.2 mi S, grown 1 of the last 5 years); alfalfa (nearest 0.7 mi NE, grown 3 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: pond, lake or river, 0.18 mi W.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 72nd percentile (spring 86th, summer 63rd, fall 55th)
  • West Virginia: 93rd percentile (spring 44th, summer 98th, fall 97th)
  • Central Appalachians: 98th percentile (spring 48th, summer 97th, fall 90th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Feb 16 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Dandelion
  • Main flow: Apr 1 to Jun 30 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Fall flow: Jul 16 to Jul 31 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Garden flowers
  • Season ends: Sep 30

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 276 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.4 mi NW, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Corn: about 23 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi S, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Corn: about 105 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi SW, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 4 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi S, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 32 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.5 mi NW, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 22 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi SW, blooms early Jun – early Aug

What the honey would be made of

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