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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 41.6868, -79.3911

Estimated forage here is better than about 27% of sites in Pennsylvania. Against other Pennsylvania sites it ranks highest in fall (45th percentile) and lowest in summer (32nd). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 2.1 mi NW, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.16 mi NW.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 36th percentile (spring 60th, summer 47th, fall 50th)
  • Pennsylvania: 27th percentile (spring 38th, summer 32nd, fall 45th)
  • North Central Appalachians: 84th percentile (spring 85th, summer 82nd, fall 78th)

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

Season

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

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 9 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.1 mi NW, blooms late Jun – early Sep
  • Soybeans: about 5 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.4 mi NW, blooms late Jun – early Sep
  • Soybeans: about 2 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.6 mi NW, blooms late Jun – early Sep

What the honey would be made of

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