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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 39.6857, -75.2787

Estimated forage here is better than about 97% of sites in New Jersey. Against other New Jersey sites it stands out most in summer (98th percentile) and lowest in fall (13th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (right here); corn (nearest 0.1 mi SE, grown 3 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, 0.13 mi N. 1 thing to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 87th percentile (spring 55th, summer 90th, fall 45th)
  • New Jersey: 97th percentile (spring 15th, summer 98th, fall 13th)
  • Atlantic Coastal Pine Barrens: 96th percentile (spring 19th, summer 97th, fall 12th)

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

Season

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

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 864 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi N, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 80 acres in a typical year, nearest 0 mi , blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 229 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi SW, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Corn: about 59 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi W, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Corn: about 53 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi SE, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 52 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi SW, blooms early Jun – early Aug

What the honey would be made of

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

Things to watch

  • Near a FEMA high-risk flood zone. A mapped high-risk flood zone (AE) is within about 300 m. Check FEMA's map for the exact spot.

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.