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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 40.2015, -78.1402

Estimated forage here is better than about 47% of sites in Pennsylvania. Against other Pennsylvania sites it stands out most in spring (79th percentile) and lowest in summer (30th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 2.2 mi E, grown 1 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 2.2 mi E, grown 2 of the last 5 years); alfalfa (nearest 1.6 mi NW, grown 4 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.25 mi W.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 48th percentile (spring 71st, summer 46th, fall 58th)
  • Pennsylvania: 47th percentile (spring 79th, summer 30th, fall 78th)
  • Central Appalachians: 28th percentile (spring 23rd, summer 83rd, fall 94th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 1 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Dandelion
  • Main flow: Apr 1 to Jun 30 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 33 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.2 mi E, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Corn: about 55 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.2 mi E, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 16 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.6 mi NW, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Corn: about 22 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.7 mi NE, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 16 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.9 mi NE, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Corn: about 105 acres in a typical year, nearest 3.5 mi NE, blooms early Jul – early Aug

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

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.