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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 41.1354, -72.3365

Estimated forage here is better than about 45% of sites in New York. Against other New York sites it stands out most in fall (78th percentile) and lowest in summer (28th). Biggest nearby bee crops: alfalfa (nearest 2.0 mi NE, grown 1 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 3.0 mi E, grown 1 of the last 5 years); popcorn and ornamental corn (nearest 3.0 mi E, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: pond, lake or river, 0.13 mi SE.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 52nd percentile (spring 68th, summer 56th, fall 64th)
  • New York: 45th percentile (spring 65th, summer 28th, fall 78th)
  • Atlantic Coastal Pine Barrens: 32nd percentile (spring 40th, summer 34th, fall 64th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 1 — Dandelion, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar)
  • Main flow: Apr 1 to Jul 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar)
  • Fall flow: Aug 1 to Aug 31 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Garden flowers
  • Season ends: Sep 30

Bee crops nearby

  • Alfalfa: about 2 acres in a typical year, nearest 2 mi NE, blooms early Jun – late Aug
  • Corn: about 2 acres in a typical year, nearest 3 mi E, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Popcorn and ornamental corn: about 2 acres in a typical year, nearest 3.1 mi E, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Popcorn and ornamental corn: about 1 acres in a typical year, nearest 3 mi E, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 2 acres in a typical year, nearest 3.1 mi E, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Popcorn and ornamental corn: about 1 acres in a typical year, nearest 3 mi E, blooms early Jul – early Aug

What the honey would be made of

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