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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 41.3076, -84.3922

Estimated forage here is better than about 57% of sites in Ohio. Against other Ohio sites it stands out most in fall (87th percentile) and lowest in spring (51st). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (right here); corn (nearest 0.5 mi NW, grown 3 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.24 mi NE.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 89th percentile (spring 72nd, summer 89th, fall 57th)
  • Ohio: 57th percentile (spring 51st, summer 56th, fall 87th)
  • Huron/Erie Lake Plains: 47th percentile (spring 88th, summer 33rd, fall 45th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 1 — Dandelion, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar)
  • Main flow: Jun 16 to Aug 31 — Soybeans
  • Season ends: Sep 30

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 1,792 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi W, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Soybeans: about 63 acres in a typical year, nearest 0 mi W, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Soybeans: about 266 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi NW, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Soybeans: about 116 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi S, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Soybeans: about 151 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi E, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Soybeans: about 2,567 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.8 mi NE, blooms late Jun – late Aug

What the honey would be made of

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