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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 39.8085, -82.9862

Estimated forage here is better than about 50% of sites in Ohio. Against other Ohio sites it stands out most in summer (59th percentile) and lowest in spring (30th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (right here, grown 2 of the last 5 years); corn (right here, grown 2 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.24 mi SE. 1 thing to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 86th percentile (spring 45th, summer 91st, fall 31st)
  • Ohio: 50th percentile (spring 30th, summer 59th, fall 34th)
  • Eastern Corn Belt Plains: 12th percentile (spring 51st, summer 27th, fall 69th)

Percentile among 3,000 random land points across Ohio, 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 1 to Aug 15 — Soybeans
  • Season ends: Sep 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 128 acres in a typical year, nearest 0 mi , blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Corn: about 212 acres in a typical year, nearest 0 mi , blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 2,245 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi SE, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 180 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi W, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 508 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi SW, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Corn: about 631 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi SE, blooms late Jun – late Jul

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Soybeans, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, 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, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster); light amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Soybeans, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard); 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.