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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 40.9690, -75.1333

Estimated forage here is better than about 16% of sites in Pennsylvania. Against other Pennsylvania sites it ranks highest in spring (37th percentile) and lowest in summer (12th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 3.3 mi SE, grown 2 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 2.0 mi W, grown 1 of the last 5 years); alfalfa (nearest 3.2 mi SW, grown 4 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: pond, lake or river, less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 26th percentile (spring 60th, summer 37th, fall 43rd)
  • Pennsylvania: 16th percentile (spring 37th, summer 12th, fall 23rd)
  • Ridge and Valley: 4th percentile (spring 12th, summer 36th, fall 50th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 1 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Dandelion
  • Main flow: Apr 1 to Jun 30 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Summer-flowering shrubs
  • Season ends: Sep 30

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 13 acres in a typical year, nearest 3.3 mi SE, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Corn: about 20 acres in a typical year, nearest 3.3 mi SE, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 2 acres in a typical year, nearest 2 mi W, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 29 acres in a typical year, nearest 3.7 mi SE, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 29 acres in a typical year, nearest 3.4 mi S, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 8 acres in a typical year, nearest 3.3 mi SW, blooms late Jun – late Aug

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Summer-flowering shrubs, Dandelion; light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Summer-flowering shrubs, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Dandelion; light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Garden flowers; light amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Summer-flowering shrubs, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion; 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.