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How good is this spot for honey bees?

Enter an address or tap the map. You'll see what blooms within flight range (about 3.7 miles, with nearer land counting more) and when, the gaps in the season, 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 38.4709, -79.9301

Estimated forage here is better than about 0% of sites in West Virginia. Against other West Virginia sites it ranks highest in summer (30th percentile) and lowest in spring (below the 1st). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.11 mi W.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 15th percentile (spring 46th, summer 30th, fall 9th)
  • West Virginia: 0th percentile (spring 0th, summer 30th, fall 1st)
  • Central Appalachians: 0th percentile (spring 0th, summer 52nd, fall 1st)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 1 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar)
  • Main flow: Apr 16 to Jul 15 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Summer-flowering shrubs, Spring-flowering shrubs
  • Season ends: Sep 15

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Summer-flowering shrubs, Spring-flowering shrubs, Native wildflowers; amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Summer-flowering shrubs, Native wildflowers, Spring-flowering shrubs, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar); light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Summer-flowering shrubs, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion; light amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Summer-flowering shrubs, Spring-flowering shrubs, Native wildflowers; 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.