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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 39.2689, -76.1567

Estimated forage here is better than about 88% of sites in Maryland. Against other Maryland sites it stands out most in summer (84th percentile) and lowest in fall (23rd). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 0.2 mi S, grown 3 of the last 5 years); soybeans (nearest 0.2 mi S, grown 2 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, 0.13 mi S.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 86th percentile (spring 70th, summer 88th, fall 32nd)
  • Maryland: 88th percentile (spring 38th, summer 84th, fall 23rd)
  • Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain: 87th percentile (spring 24th, summer 90th, fall 71st)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 1 — Dandelion, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar)
  • Main flow: Jun 1 to Jul 31 — Soybeans
  • Season ends: Sep 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 718 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi S, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Corn: about 3,722 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi E, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 127 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi S, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 164 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi SW, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 136 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi E, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 80 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi E, blooms early Jun – early Aug

What the honey would be made of

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