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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 39.5677, -74.7081

Estimated forage here is better than about 30% of sites in New Jersey. Against other New Jersey sites it stands out most in spring (55th percentile) and lowest in summer (19th). Biggest nearby bee crops: blueberries (nearest 0.6 mi N); soybeans (nearest 3.0 mi NW, grown 2 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 1.0 mi E, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, 0.21 mi SE. 1 thing to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 50th percentile (spring 76th, summer 40th, fall 55th)
  • New Jersey: 30th percentile (spring 55th, summer 19th, fall 37th)
  • Atlantic Coastal Pine Barrens: 30th percentile (spring 59th, summer 19th, fall 32nd)

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

Season

  • First forage: Feb 16 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Dandelion
  • Main flow: Apr 1 to Jun 15 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Summer-flowering shrubs, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Blueberries: about 182 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi E, blooms early Apr – early May
  • Blueberries: about 23 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi N, blooms early Apr – early May
  • Blueberries: about 79 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.4 mi NW, blooms early Apr – early May
  • Blueberries: about 344 acres in a typical year, nearest 3 mi NW, blooms early Apr – early May
  • Blueberries: about 6 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.4 mi NW, blooms early Apr – early May
  • Blueberries: about 6 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.6 mi SW, blooms early Apr – early May

What the honey would be made of

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

Things to watch

  • Bee crops nearby that are often sprayed. Blueberries: insecticides used on about 74% of surveyed US acres (2025). Figures are from USDA's Agricultural Chemical Use Survey, matched by crop type from the crop map. The survey counts any insecticide use in the crop year (not seed treatments) and doesn't say when; ask nearby growers about spray timing.
  • Flood map not checked. FEMA's flood map service didn't answer. Check it directly.

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.