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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 38.7230, -82.9641

Estimated forage here is better than about 37% of sites in Kentucky. Against other Kentucky sites it stands out most in fall (95th percentile) and lowest in spring (27th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 1.2 mi NE, grown 3 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 1.2 mi E, grown 2 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.13 mi SE.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 63rd percentile (spring 83rd, summer 53rd, fall 49th)
  • Kentucky: 37th percentile (spring 27th, summer 50th, fall 95th)
  • Western Allegheny Plateau: 42nd percentile (spring 26th, summer 61st, fall 71st)

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

Season

  • First forage: Feb 16 — Dandelion, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar)
  • Main flow: Mar 16 to Jun 30 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar)
  • Fall flow: Jul 16 to Jul 31 — Soybeans, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Season ends: Sep 30

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 68 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi NE, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 244 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.7 mi NE, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 473 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.3 mi NW, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 1,240 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.5 mi NW, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 349 acres in a typical year, nearest 3 mi NE, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 8 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi NE, blooms early Jun – early Aug

What the honey would be made of

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