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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 40.8484, -75.2887

Estimated forage here is better than about 79% of sites in Pennsylvania. Spring, summer and fall all rank about the same against other Pennsylvania sites. Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.4 mi SE, grown 1 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.4 mi SE, grown 3 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: pond, lake or river, 0.18 mi S.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 70th percentile (spring 73rd, summer 73rd, fall 60th)
  • Pennsylvania: 79th percentile (spring 81st, summer 78th, fall 82nd)
  • Ridge and Valley: 76th percentile (spring 42nd, summer 87th, fall 95th)

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 Aug 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Soybeans
  • Season ends: Sep 30

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 111 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi SE, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Corn: about 125 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi SE, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 75 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.3 mi E, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Soybeans: about 318 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.8 mi SE, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Soybeans: about 121 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.7 mi E, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Soybeans: about 18 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi S, 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), Soybeans; light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Soybeans, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Garden flowers; 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, Soybeans, 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.