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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 38.2383, -75.7845

Estimated forage here is better than about 45% of sites in Maryland. Against other Maryland sites it stands out most in summer (70th percentile) and lowest in spring (20th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (right here, grown 1 of the last 5 years); corn (right here, grown 2 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 74th percentile (spring 62nd, summer 81st, fall 38th)
  • Maryland: 45th percentile (spring 20th, summer 70th, fall 31st)
  • Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain: 57th percentile (spring 13th, summer 82nd, fall 80th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Feb 16 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Dandelion
  • Main flow: May 16 to Jul 31 — Soybeans, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Season ends: Sep 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 93 acres in a typical year, nearest 0 mi , blooms late May – early Aug
  • Corn: about 214 acres in a typical year, nearest 0 mi , blooms early Jun – early Jul
  • Soybeans: about 33 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi NE, blooms late May – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 111 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi NE, blooms late May – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 71 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi S, blooms late May – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 72 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi N, blooms late May – early Aug

What the honey would be made of

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