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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 40.6989, -75.0090

Estimated forage here is better than about 75% of sites in New Jersey. Against other New Jersey sites it stands out most in summer (92nd percentile) and lowest in spring (30th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (right here, grown 2 of the last 5 years); corn (right here, grown 3 of the last 5 years); pumpkins (nearest 0.8 mi SW, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, 0.15 mi N. 1 thing to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 78th percentile (spring 66th, summer 83rd, fall 55th)
  • New Jersey: 75th percentile (spring 30th, summer 92nd, fall 36th)
  • Ridge and Valley: 90th percentile (spring 23rd, summer 95th, fall 89th)

Percentile among 3,000 random land points across New Jersey, 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 674 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi NW, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Corn: about 1,065 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi NW, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 70 acres in a typical year, nearest 0 mi , blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 114 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi NW, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 22 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi E, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Corn: about 51 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi E, blooms early Jul – early 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); extra 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, Pumpkins, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster); extra light amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Soybeans, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar); extra light amber

Things to watch

  • Bee crops nearby that are often sprayed. Pumpkins: insecticides used on about 75% of surveyed US acres (2024). Figures are from USDA's Agricultural Chemical Use Survey, matched by crop type from the crop map. The survey counts any insecticide use in the crop year (not seed treatments) and doesn't say when; ask nearby growers about spray timing.
  • Flood map not checked. FEMA's flood map service didn't answer. Check it directly.

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.