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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 40.0691, -80.7827

Estimated forage here is better than about 19% of sites in Ohio. Against other Ohio sites it stands out most in spring (82nd percentile) and lowest in summer (15th). Biggest nearby bee crops: alfalfa (nearest 1.0 mi SE, grown 1 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 1.7 mi SE, grown 3 of the last 5 years); soybeans (nearest 2.4 mi NW, grown 1 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: 71st percentile (spring 92nd, summer 53rd, fall 49th)
  • Ohio: 19th percentile (spring 82nd, summer 15th, fall 73rd)
  • Western Allegheny Plateau: 70th percentile (spring 67th, summer 61st, fall 70th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Feb 16 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Dandelion
  • Main flow: Apr 1 to Jun 15 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Season ends: Sep 30

Bee crops nearby

  • Alfalfa: about 2 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi SE, blooms early Jun – late Aug
  • Corn: about 3 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.7 mi SE, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Corn: about 3 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.1 mi W, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 1 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.4 mi NW, blooms early Jun – late Aug
  • Corn: about 10 acres in a typical year, nearest 3.3 mi NW, blooms late Jun – late Jul

What the honey would be made of

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