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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 39.7052, -85.8181

Estimated forage here is better than about 98% of sites in Indiana. Against other Indiana sites it stands out most in summer (88th percentile) and lowest in fall (34th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (right here); corn (right here, grown 3 of the last 5 years); alfalfa (nearest 0.8 mi NW, grown 3 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: 98th percentile (spring 42nd, summer 99th, fall 15th)
  • Indiana: 98th percentile (spring 42nd, summer 88th, fall 34th)
  • Eastern Corn Belt Plains: 94th percentile (spring 46th, summer 81st, fall 38th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 16 — Dandelion, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Main flow: Jun 16 to Aug 15 — Soybeans
  • Season ends: Aug 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 11,955 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi S, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Corn: about 9,458 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi S, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 120 acres in a typical year, nearest 0 mi , blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Corn: about 58 acres in a typical year, nearest 0 mi , blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Corn: about 59 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi SW, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Corn: about 38 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi W, blooms late Jun – late Jul

What the honey would be made of

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