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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 39.8138, -75.4162

Estimated forage here is better than about 0% of sites in Pennsylvania. Spring, summer and fall all rank about the same against other Pennsylvania sites. Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 1.5 mi S); soybeans (nearest 1.7 mi SE, grown 1 of the last 5 years); cucumbers (nearest 2.4 mi E, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: pond, lake or river, 0.25 mi SE. 2 things to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 11th percentile (spring 31st, summer 29th, fall 27th)
  • Pennsylvania: 0th percentile (spring 0th, summer 0th, fall 6th)
  • Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain: 0th percentile (spring 1st, summer 32nd, fall 64th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Feb 16 — Dandelion
  • Main flow: Apr 1 to Aug 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Garden flowers
  • Fall flow: Sep 1 to Sep 15 — Garden flowers, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Season ends: Sep 30

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 186 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.7 mi SE, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 132 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.1 mi S, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 85 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.2 mi SE, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Corn: about 38 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.5 mi S, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Corn: about 96 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.9 mi E, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 24 acres in a typical year, nearest 2 mi SE, blooms early Jun – early Aug

What the honey would be made of

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

Things to watch

  • Heavily developed. About 65% of the land within a mile is developed. Less room for forage, and more neighbors near the hives.
  • Bee crops nearby that are often sprayed. Cucumbers: insecticides used on about 36% of surveyed US acres (2024). 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.