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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 38.7364, -76.5882

Estimated forage here is better than about 47% of sites in Maryland. Against other Maryland sites it stands out most in spring (82nd percentile) and lowest in fall (29th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.2 mi SW, grown 3 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.4 mi SE, grown 3 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: pond, lake or river, 0.12 mi N.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 75th percentile (spring 88th, summer 67th, fall 37th)
  • Maryland: 47th percentile (spring 82nd, summer 44th, fall 29th)
  • Southeastern Plains: 81st percentile (spring 79th, summer 89th, fall 91st)

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

Season

  • First forage: Feb 16 — Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Early trees (maple, willow, poplar)
  • Main flow: Mar 16 to Jul 31 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Summer-flowering trees (locust, linden), Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Season ends: Sep 30

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 22 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi W, blooms late May – early Aug
  • Corn: about 39 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi SE, blooms early Jun – early Jul
  • Soybeans: about 23 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi W, blooms late May – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 38 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi W, blooms late May – early Aug
  • Corn: about 21 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi W, blooms early Jun – early Jul
  • Soybeans: about 6 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi SW, blooms late May – early Aug

What the honey would be made of

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