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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 41.0537, -77.4642

Estimated forage here is better than about 82% of sites in Pennsylvania. Against other Pennsylvania sites it stands out most in summer (89th percentile) and lowest in spring (53rd). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 0.1 mi SW, grown 4 of the last 5 years); soybeans (nearest 0.1 mi SW, grown 1 of the last 5 years); alfalfa (nearest 0.6 mi W, grown 4 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: 72nd percentile (spring 63rd, summer 80th, fall 54th)
  • Pennsylvania: 82nd percentile (spring 53rd, summer 89th, fall 64th)
  • Ridge and Valley: 80th percentile (spring 18th, summer 93rd, fall 86th)

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: May 1 to Aug 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Soybeans, Dandelion
  • Season ends: Sep 30

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 1,894 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi SW, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 122 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi S, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 425 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi NE, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 23 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi E, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Soybeans: about 144 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.4 mi NE, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Soybeans: about 17 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 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), Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard); extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Soybeans, Alfalfa, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion; white
  • Fall honey (September to November): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Garden flowers; light amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Soybeans, Alfalfa; extra 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.