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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 37.9299, -85.3881

Estimated forage here is better than about 88% of sites in Kentucky. Against other Kentucky sites it stands out most in summer (87th percentile) and lowest in fall (14th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (right here, grown 4 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.3 mi S, grown 1 of the last 5 years); alfalfa (right here, grown 3 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: pond, lake or river, less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 88th percentile (spring 84th, summer 87th, fall 14th)
  • Kentucky: 88th percentile (spring 30th, summer 87th, fall 14th)
  • Interior Plateau: 94th percentile (spring 25th, summer 94th, fall 8th)

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
  • Main flow: May 16 to Jul 31 — Soybeans, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Season ends: Aug 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 267 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi S, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 111 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi W, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 25 acres in a typical year, nearest 0 mi , blooms late May – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 167 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi S, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 123 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi E, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Corn: about 91 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi NW, blooms early Jun – early Jul

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Soybeans, Dandelion; extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Soybeans, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion; extra light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Dandelion, Garden flowers; 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.