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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 38.0089, -75.3865

Estimated forage here is better than about 85% of sites in Virginia. Against other Virginia sites it stands out most in summer (95th percentile) and lowest in spring (9th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.3 mi NW, grown 3 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.4 mi NW, grown 3 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 72nd percentile (spring 67th, summer 77th, fall 47th)
  • Virginia: 85th percentile (spring 9th, summer 95th, fall 83rd)
  • Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain: 53rd percentile (spring 19th, summer 77th, fall 90th)

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, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Early trees (maple, willow, poplar)
  • Main flow: May 16 to Jul 31 — Soybeans, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 164 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi NW, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 52 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi NW, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Corn: about 73 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi NW, blooms early Jun – early Jul
  • Corn: about 168 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi W, blooms early Jun – early Jul
  • Soybeans: about 46 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi N, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Corn: about 560 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.5 mi W, blooms early Jun – early Jul

What the honey would be made of

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