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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 40.6548, -81.4532

Estimated forage here is better than about 47% of sites in Ohio. Against other Ohio sites it stands out most in fall (83rd percentile) and lowest in summer (50th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.1 mi NW, grown 3 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.1 mi NW, grown 2 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.15 mi NE.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 84th percentile (spring 72nd, summer 86th, fall 53rd)
  • Ohio: 47th percentile (spring 52nd, summer 50th, fall 83rd)
  • Western Allegheny Plateau: 99th percentile (spring 11th, summer 99th, fall 87th)

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

Season

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

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 108 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi NE, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Corn: about 125 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi NE, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 56 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi E, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Soybeans: about 32 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi NW, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Soybeans: about 113 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi NW, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Soybeans: about 132 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 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, Soybeans, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar); light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Soybeans, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion; extra light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Garden flowers, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster); extra 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.