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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 39.2779, -84.1146

Estimated forage here is better than about 67% of sites in Ohio. Against other Ohio sites it stands out most in summer (66th percentile) and lowest in fall (26th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (right here, grown 3 of the last 5 years); corn (right here, grown 3 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: pond, lake or river, 0.22 mi SW.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 93rd percentile (spring 55th, summer 93rd, fall 24th)
  • Ohio: 67th percentile (spring 36th, summer 66th, fall 26th)
  • Eastern Corn Belt Plains: 42nd percentile (spring 63rd, summer 39th, fall 59th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 16 — Dandelion, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: Jun 1 to Aug 15 — Soybeans
  • Season ends: Sep 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 1,595 acres in a typical year, nearest 0 mi , blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 2,608 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.3 mi E, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Corn: about 223 acres in a typical year, nearest 0 mi , blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Corn: about 253 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi SE, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Corn: about 334 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi SW, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 174 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi S, 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; white
  • Fall honey (September to November): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Garden flowers, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster); extra light amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Soybeans, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, 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.