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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 38.9498, -83.6577

Estimated forage here is better than about 61% of sites in Ohio. Against other Ohio sites it stands out most in summer (58th percentile) and lowest in fall (38th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (right here, grown 4 of the last 5 years); corn (right here, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, 0.16 mi SW.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 90th percentile (spring 72nd, summer 90th, fall 35th)
  • Ohio: 61st percentile (spring 52nd, summer 58th, fall 38th)
  • Eastern Corn Belt Plains: 30th percentile (spring 80th, summer 24th, fall 73rd)

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

Season

  • First forage: Feb 16 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Dandelion
  • Main flow: Jun 1 to Aug 15 — Soybeans
  • Season ends: Sep 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 473 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi E, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 66 acres in a typical year, nearest 0 mi , blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 1,197 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi SW, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 69 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi SW, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 234 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi NW, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 730 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.5 mi W, blooms early Jun – early Aug

What the honey would be made of

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

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.