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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 38.9191, -75.3125

Estimated forage here is better than about 4% of sites in Delaware. Against other Delaware sites it stands out most in fall (97th percentile) and lowest in summer (13th). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 0.6 mi S, grown 4 of the last 5 years); soybeans (nearest 0.7 mi S, grown 1 of the last 5 years); sorghum (nearest 0.6 mi S, 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: 51st percentile (spring 51st, summer 68th, fall 69th)
  • Delaware: 4th percentile (spring 18th, summer 13th, fall 97th)
  • Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain: 20th percentile (spring 5th, summer 69th, fall 99th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Feb 16 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Early trees (maple, willow, poplar)
  • Main flow: Jun 1 to Aug 15 — Soybeans, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster)
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 1,433 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi S, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 214 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi S, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Corn: about 1,185 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi NW, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 162 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.3 mi NW, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 220 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.4 mi W, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 402 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.4 mi NW, blooms early Jun – early Aug

What the honey would be made of

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