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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 38.2681, -75.2860

Estimated forage here is better than about 57% of sites in Maryland. Against other Maryland sites it stands out most in spring (74th percentile) and lowest in fall (1st). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.2 mi SE, grown 3 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.2 mi N, grown 2 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 77th percentile (spring 84th, summer 74th, fall 8th)
  • Maryland: 57th percentile (spring 74th, summer 56th, fall 1st)
  • Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain: 65th percentile (spring 60th, summer 74th, fall 14th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Feb 1 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar)
  • Main flow: Mar 16 to Jul 31 — Soybeans, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Summer-flowering trees (locust, linden)
  • Season ends: Aug 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 158 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi E, blooms late May – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 1,347 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.6 mi N, blooms late May – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 40 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi SE, blooms late May – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 23 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi N, blooms late May – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 57 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi S, blooms late May – early Aug
  • Corn: about 43 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi SE, blooms early Jun – early Jul

What the honey would be made of

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