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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 38.7514, -82.8505

Estimated forage here is better than about 40% of sites in Ohio. Against other Ohio sites it stands out most in spring (82nd percentile) and lowest in summer (33rd). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.1 mi SW); corn (nearest 0.1 mi SE, grown 2 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: pond, lake or river, less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 81st percentile (spring 92nd, summer 73rd, fall 49th)
  • Ohio: 40th percentile (spring 82nd, summer 33rd, fall 73rd)
  • Western Allegheny Plateau: 97th percentile (spring 66th, summer 92nd, fall 71st)

Percentile among 3,000 random land points across Ohio, 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 Jul 31 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Soybeans, Dandelion
  • Season ends: Sep 30

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 27 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi SW, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 66 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi E, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 36 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi NW, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 156 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.6 mi W, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Corn: about 23 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi NE, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 349 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.1 mi W, 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), Soybeans; extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Soybeans, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Garden flowers; 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, Dandelion, Soybeans, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar); 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.