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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 37.9337, -75.6694

Estimated forage here is better than about 51% of sites in Virginia. Against other Virginia sites it stands out most in fall (100th percentile) and lowest in spring (31st). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 1.0 mi E, grown 4 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 1.0 mi E, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 55th percentile (spring 74th, summer 46th, fall 62nd)
  • Virginia: 51st percentile (spring 31st, summer 58th, fall 100th)
  • Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain: 25th percentile (spring 33rd, summer 50th, fall 98th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Feb 1 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Main flow: Mar 1 to Jul 15 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Soybeans
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 160 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi E, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Corn: about 50 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi E, blooms early Jun – early Jul
  • Corn: about 366 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.9 mi E, blooms early Jun – early Jul
  • Corn: about 55 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.8 mi E, blooms early Jun – early Jul
  • Soybeans: about 32 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.1 mi SE, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Corn: about 114 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.5 mi NE, blooms early Jun – early Jul

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Soybeans, Native wildflowers; light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Soybeans; light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster); amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Soybeans; 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.