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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 41.5465, -81.1724

Estimated forage here is better than about 5% of sites in Ohio. Against other Ohio sites it stands out most in fall (88th percentile) and lowest in summer (27th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.4 mi N, grown 2 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.4 mi N, grown 2 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 62nd percentile (spring 71st, summer 66th, fall 58th)
  • Ohio: 5th percentile (spring 50th, summer 27th, fall 88th)
  • Erie Drift Plain: 31st percentile (spring 65th, summer 25th, fall 76th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 1 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Dandelion
  • 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 — Soybeans, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Season ends: Sep 30

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 19 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi N, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Soybeans: about 13 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi E, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Soybeans: about 11 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi SE, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Corn: about 12 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi N, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 26 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi SE, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Soybeans: about 22 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.3 mi E, 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), Summer-flowering trees (locust, linden); light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Soybeans, Dandelion, Summer-flowering shrubs; extra light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Garden flowers; extra light amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Soybeans; 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.