Bee forage check

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 on the map in —

National map

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 41.2425, -74.1690

Estimated forage here is better than about 10% of sites in New York. Against other New York sites it ranks highest in spring (48th percentile) and lowest in summer (2nd). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, 0.15 mi W. 1 thing to watch (below).

Ranking

Continental US: 26th percentile (spring 61st, summer 33rd, fall 37th)
New York: 10th percentile (spring 48th, summer 2nd, fall 26th)
Northeastern Highlands: 15th percentile (spring 48th, summer 1st, fall 73rd)

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 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar)
Main flow: Apr 1 to Jun 30 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Summer-flowering shrubs, Spring-flowering shrubs
Season ends: Sep 30

What the honey would be made of

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

Things to watch

Near a FEMA high-risk flood zone. A mapped high-risk flood zone (AE) is within about 300 m. Check FEMA's map for the exact spot.

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.