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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 38.4719, -75.5444

Estimated forage here is better than about 43% of sites in Delaware. Against other Delaware sites it stands out most in spring (57th percentile) and lowest in fall (33rd). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (right here, grown 2 of the last 5 years); soybeans (nearest 0.1 mi N, grown 1 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: 82nd percentile (spring 67th, summer 86th, fall 26th)
  • Delaware: 43rd percentile (spring 57th, summer 49th, fall 33rd)
  • Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain: 76th percentile (spring 18th, summer 87th, fall 63rd)

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

Season

  • First forage: Feb 16 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Main flow: Jun 1 to Jul 31 — Soybeans
  • Season ends: Sep 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 1,804 acres in a typical year, nearest 0 mi , blooms early Jun – early Jul
  • Soybeans: about 183 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi N, blooms late May – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 90 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi E, blooms late May – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 46 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi W, blooms late May – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 85 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi E, blooms late May – early Aug
  • Corn: about 298 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi SE, blooms early Jun – early Jul

What the honey would be made of

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