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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 39.3393, -85.2042

Estimated forage here is better than about 36% of sites in Indiana. Against other Indiana sites it stands out most in spring (90th percentile) and lowest in summer (23rd). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.3 mi SW, grown 2 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.7 mi W, grown 2 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: 87th percentile (spring 89th, summer 84th, fall 31st)
  • Indiana: 36th percentile (spring 90th, summer 23rd, fall 65th)
  • Eastern Corn Belt Plains: 16th percentile (spring 93rd, summer 12th, fall 69th)

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

Season

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

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 793 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi W, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 579 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi SE, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Corn: about 879 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi W, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 722 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi NE, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 22 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi SE, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Corn: about 111 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi E, blooms late Jun – late Jul

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Soybeans, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Dandelion; extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Soybeans, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard); extra light amber
  • 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, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Dandelion; 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.