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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 40.5892, -76.1699

Estimated forage here is better than about 64% of sites in Pennsylvania. Against other Pennsylvania sites it stands out most in spring (80th percentile) and lowest in summer (61st). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.9 mi NW, grown 2 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.6 mi SW, grown 3 of the last 5 years); canola (nearest 1.5 mi N, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: pond, lake or river, less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 60th percentile (spring 72nd, summer 63rd, fall 56th)
  • Pennsylvania: 64th percentile (spring 80th, summer 61st, fall 71st)
  • Ridge and Valley: 56th percentile (spring 40th, summer 78th, fall 90th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 1 — Dandelion, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar)
  • Main flow: Apr 1 to Jul 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar)
  • Fall flow: Aug 1 to Aug 15 — Soybeans, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Season ends: Sep 30

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 35 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi NW, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Soybeans: about 11 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi NW, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Corn: about 42 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi NW, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 112 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.1 mi W, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Soybeans: about 18 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi NW, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Soybeans: about 44 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.7 mi W, blooms late 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), Summer-flowering shrubs; light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Soybeans, Dandelion, Summer-flowering shrubs; 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): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Soybeans; 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.