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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 41.7042, -71.7279

Estimated forage here is better than about 20% of sites in Rhode Island. Against other Rhode Island sites it ranks highest in spring (26th percentile) and lowest in fall (14th). Biggest nearby bee crops: cranberries (nearest 2.8 mi S); corn (nearest 2.3 mi SW, grown 3 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, 0.11 mi E.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 23rd percentile (spring 59th, summer 34th, fall 21st)
  • Rhode Island: 20th percentile (spring 26th, summer 19th, fall 14th)
  • Northeastern Coastal Zone: 9th percentile (spring 23rd, summer 6th, fall 3rd)

Percentile among 3,000 random land points across Rhode Island, 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 Jun 30 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Summer-flowering shrubs, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Season ends: Sep 30

Bee crops nearby

  • Cranberries: about 42 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.8 mi S, blooms early Jun – early Jul
  • Corn: about 9 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.3 mi SW, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 11 acres in a typical year, nearest 3.2 mi W, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 10 acres in a typical year, nearest 3.6 mi SE, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 6 acres in a typical year, nearest 3.6 mi W, blooms early Jul – early Aug

What the honey would be made of

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