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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 39.2170, -76.2309

Estimated forage here is better than about 79% of sites in Maryland. Against other Maryland sites it stands out most in summer (83rd percentile) and lowest in fall (17th). 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: creek, wetland or wet meadow, less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 83rd percentile (spring 64th, summer 87th, fall 24th)
  • Maryland: 79th percentile (spring 24th, summer 83rd, fall 17th)
  • Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain: 80th percentile (spring 15th, summer 89th, fall 60th)

Percentile among 3,000 random land points across Maryland, 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 Jul 31 — Soybeans
  • Season ends: Sep 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 414 acres in a typical year, nearest 0 mi E, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Corn: about 398 acres in a typical year, nearest 0 mi E, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 356 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.5 mi E, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Corn: about 810 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.5 mi E, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 253 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.4 mi N, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 65 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi SW, blooms early Jun – early Aug

What the honey would be made of

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