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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 41.1074, -83.5147

Estimated forage here is better than about 98% of sites in Ohio. Against other Ohio sites it stands out most in summer (92nd percentile) and lowest in fall (25th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.1 mi SE, grown 4 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.2 mi NW, grown 1 of the last 5 years); alfalfa (nearest 0.2 mi SW, grown 3 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.29 mi W.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 99th percentile (spring 44th, summer 99th, fall 23rd)
  • Ohio: 98th percentile (spring 29th, summer 92nd, fall 25th)
  • Eastern Corn Belt Plains: 99th percentile (spring 49th, summer 91st, fall 58th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Apr 1 — Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar)
  • Main flow: Jun 16 to Aug 15 — Soybeans
  • Season ends: Aug 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 16,930 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi SE, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Corn: about 1,767 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.3 mi W, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 604 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi S, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 59 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi SE, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 77 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi NW, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 860 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.4 mi N, blooms early Jul – early Aug

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Soybeans, Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar); light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Soybeans
  • Fall honey (September to November): Garden flowers, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard); 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.