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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 40.1553, -85.2147

Estimated forage here is better than about 77% of sites in Indiana. Against other Indiana sites it stands out most in summer (64th percentile) and lowest in spring (52nd). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.1 mi S, grown 3 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.1 mi S, grown 2 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: 95th percentile (spring 52nd, summer 95th, fall 25th)
  • Indiana: 77th percentile (spring 52nd, summer 64th, fall 57th)
  • Eastern Corn Belt Plains: 61st percentile (spring 58th, summer 51st, fall 61st)

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 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 7,721 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi S, blooms early Jun – late Aug
  • Corn: about 2,163 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi S, blooms early Jul – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 2,238 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi N, blooms early Jun – late Aug
  • Corn: about 3,092 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi E, blooms early Jul – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 2,015 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.6 mi N, blooms early Jun – late Aug
  • Corn: about 755 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi N, blooms early Jul – late Jul

What the honey would be made of

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