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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 37.9762, -75.8545

Estimated forage here is better than about 19% of sites in Maryland. Against other Maryland sites it stands out most in fall (75th percentile) and lowest in summer (18th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 1.2 mi NE, grown 4 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 1.2 mi NE, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: pond, lake or river, less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 58th percentile (spring 78th, summer 50th, fall 54th)
  • Maryland: 19th percentile (spring 58th, summer 18th, fall 75th)
  • Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain: 29th percentile (spring 41st, summer 53rd, fall 95th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Feb 16 — Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Early trees (maple, willow, poplar)
  • Main flow: Mar 16 to Jun 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Fall flow: Jul 1 to Aug 31 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Dandelion
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 26 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi NE, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 36 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.3 mi E, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 314 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.3 mi NE, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 29 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.8 mi NE, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 20 acres in a typical year, nearest 2 mi NE, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Corn: about 11 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.3 mi E, blooms early Jun – early Jul

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Summer-flowering trees (locust, linden); extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red; light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Garden flowers; amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster); 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.