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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 41.0196, -86.4118

Estimated forage here is better than about 68% of sites in Indiana. Against other Indiana sites it stands out most in summer (68th percentile) and lowest in spring (39th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.2 mi SE, grown 2 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.2 mi SE, grown 2 of the last 5 years); alfalfa (nearest 1.4 mi W, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 94th percentile (spring 39th, summer 96th, fall 20th)
  • Indiana: 68th percentile (spring 39th, summer 68th, fall 47th)
  • Southern Michigan/Northern Indiana Drift Plains: 97th percentile (spring 22nd, summer 94th, fall 7th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Apr 1 — Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: Jun 16 to Aug 15 — Soybeans
  • Season ends: Aug 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 10,846 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi SE, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Corn: about 17,855 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi SE, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 531 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.4 mi NW, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 35 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.6 mi W, blooms early Jun – late Aug
  • Popcorn and ornamental corn: about 87 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.8 mi SE, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Popcorn and ornamental corn: about 6 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi E, blooms early Jul – early Aug

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Soybeans, Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard); light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Soybeans
  • Fall honey (September to November): Garden flowers, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster); light amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Soybeans, Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red; 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.