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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 40.0609, -80.0292

Estimated forage here is better than about 75% of sites in Pennsylvania. Against other Pennsylvania sites it stands out most in spring (87th percentile) and lowest in fall (28th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (right here, grown 2 of the last 5 years); corn (right here, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.2 mi S.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 67th percentile (spring 79th, summer 66th, fall 45th)
  • Pennsylvania: 75th percentile (spring 87th, summer 68th, fall 28th)
  • Western Allegheny Plateau: 57th percentile (spring 17th, summer 85th, fall 47th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Feb 16 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Main flow: Apr 1 to Jul 31 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Season ends: Sep 30

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 19 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi NE, blooms early Jun – late Aug
  • Corn: about 46 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi SE, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 21 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi SE, blooms early Jun – late Aug
  • Corn: about 25 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi SW, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 4 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi SE, blooms early Jun – late Aug
  • Corn: about 22 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi NE, blooms late Jun – late Jul

What the honey would be made of

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