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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 38.8638, -87.3126

Estimated forage here is better than about 82% of sites in Indiana. Against other Indiana sites it stands out most in summer (69th percentile) and lowest in fall (30th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (right here, grown 3 of the last 5 years); corn (right here, grown 2 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.16 mi NW.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 96th percentile (spring 47th, summer 96th, fall 13th)
  • Indiana: 82nd percentile (spring 48th, summer 69th, fall 30th)
  • Interior River Valleys and Hills: 86th percentile (spring 35th, summer 80th, fall 22nd)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 16 — Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Main flow: Jun 1 to Jul 31 — Soybeans
  • Season ends: Aug 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 12,064 acres in a typical year, nearest 0 mi E, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Corn: about 9,290 acres in a typical year, nearest 0 mi W, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Corn: about 1,692 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.4 mi E, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 17 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi SE, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Corn: about 12 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi SE, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 4 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi SE, blooms early Jun – early Aug

What the honey would be made of

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