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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 37.8567, -87.4198

Estimated forage here is better than about 87% of sites in Kentucky. Against other Kentucky sites it stands out most in summer (88th percentile) and lowest in spring (14th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (right here, grown 2 of the last 5 years); corn (right here, grown 3 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: 88th percentile (spring 77th, summer 88th, fall 19th)
  • Kentucky: 87th percentile (spring 14th, summer 88th, fall 24th)
  • Interior River Valleys and Hills: 45th percentile (spring 76th, summer 35th, fall 38th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Feb 16 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Dandelion
  • Main flow: Jun 1 to Jul 31 — Soybeans
  • Season ends: Aug 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 3,752 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi NE, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 7,226 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi E, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Corn: about 824 acres in a typical year, nearest 0 mi SW, blooms early Jun – early Jul
  • Soybeans: about 373 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi SW, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 72 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi NE, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Corn: about 1,544 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi E, blooms early Jun – early Jul

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Soybeans, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion; 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; amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Soybeans, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion; 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.