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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 39.4349, -85.3491

Estimated forage here is better than about 73% of sites in Indiana. Against other Indiana sites it stands out most in summer (74th percentile) and lowest in fall (13th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (right here, grown 2 of the last 5 years); corn (right here, grown 3 of the last 5 years); alfalfa (nearest 1.2 mi W, grown 4 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.15 mi E.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 94th percentile (spring 31st, summer 97th, fall 7th)
  • Indiana: 73rd percentile (spring 29th, summer 74th, fall 13th)
  • Eastern Corn Belt Plains: 56th percentile (spring 32nd, summer 62nd, fall 13th)

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

Season

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

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 10,612 acres in a typical year, nearest 0 mi N, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Corn: about 10,653 acres in a typical year, nearest 0 mi N, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 60 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.7 mi SE, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 16 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.7 mi E, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Corn: about 64 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.2 mi S, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Corn: about 23 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.7 mi E, blooms late Jun – late Jul

What the honey would be made of

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