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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 40.9518, -72.1952

Estimated forage here is better than about 93% of sites in New York. Against other New York sites it stands out most in spring and fall (96th percentile) and lowest in summer (77th). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 1.6 mi NW, grown 4 of the last 5 years); sweet corn (nearest 1.8 mi NW, grown 1 of the last 5 years); popcorn and ornamental corn (nearest 1.8 mi NW, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: pond, lake or river, 0.11 mi E. 2 things to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 78th percentile (spring 84th, summer 73rd, fall 77th)
  • New York: 93rd percentile (spring 96th, summer 77th, fall 96th)
  • Atlantic Coastal Pine Barrens: 75th percentile (spring 76th, summer 76th, fall 94th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 16 — Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: Apr 1 to Jul 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Fall flow: Aug 1 to Aug 31 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Garden flowers
  • Season ends: Sep 30

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 13 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.6 mi NW, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 10 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.8 mi NW, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 5 acres in a typical year, nearest 2 mi NW, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Sweet corn: about 3 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.8 mi NW, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Popcorn and ornamental corn: about 2 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.8 mi NW, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Sweet corn: about 7 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.8 mi W, blooms early Jul – early Aug

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Garden flowers, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard); extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Garden flowers, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard); 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, Garden flowers, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard); extra light amber

Things to watch

  • Heavily developed. About 80% of the land within a mile is developed. Less room for forage, and more neighbors near the hives.
  • Bee crops nearby that are often sprayed. Sweet Corn: insecticides used on about 44% 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.