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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 37.9951, -75.4257

Estimated forage here is better than about 94% of sites in Virginia. Against other Virginia sites it stands out most in spring (92nd percentile) and lowest in fall (65th). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 0.8 mi N, grown 2 of the last 5 years); soybeans (nearest 0.6 mi NE, grown 3 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: pond, lake or river, less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 80th percentile (spring 91st, summer 72nd, fall 41st)
  • Virginia: 94th percentile (spring 92nd, summer 91st, fall 65th)
  • Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain: 71st percentile (spring 80th, summer 72nd, fall 84th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Feb 16 — Dandelion, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar)
  • Main flow: Mar 16 to Jul 31 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Soybeans, Dandelion
  • Season ends: Sep 30

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 560 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi N, blooms early Jun – early Jul
  • Soybeans: about 164 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.4 mi NE, blooms late May – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 71 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.3 mi SW, blooms late May – early Aug
  • Corn: about 196 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi NW, blooms early Jun – early Jul
  • Corn: about 168 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.4 mi NE, blooms early Jun – early Jul
  • Soybeans: about 71 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.4 mi N, blooms late May – early Aug

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Soybeans, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard); extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Soybeans, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard); 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): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Soybeans, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard); 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.