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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 40.5324, -75.0528

Estimated forage here is better than about 47% of sites in New Jersey. Against other New Jersey sites it stands out most in summer (62nd percentile) and lowest in fall (32nd). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.2 mi E, grown 2 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.2 mi E, 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. 1 thing to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 63rd percentile (spring 71st, summer 67th, fall 54th)
  • New Jersey: 47th percentile (spring 43rd, summer 62nd, fall 32nd)
  • Northern Piedmont: 18th percentile (spring 29th, summer 37th, fall 56th)

Percentile among 3,000 random land points across New Jersey, 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 Aug 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Soybeans
  • Season ends: Sep 30

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 66 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi E, blooms early Jun – late Aug
  • Soybeans: about 47 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi SW, blooms early Jun – late Aug
  • Soybeans: about 11 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi E, blooms early Jun – late Aug
  • Corn: about 61 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi SW, blooms early Jul – late Jul
  • Corn: about 14 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi E, blooms early Jul – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 16 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi E, blooms early Jun – late Aug

What the honey would be made of

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

Things to watch

  • Near a FEMA high-risk flood zone. A mapped high-risk flood zone (AE) is within about 300 m. Check FEMA's map for the exact spot.

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.