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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 41.8070, -73.3854

Estimated forage here is better than about 12% of sites in Connecticut. Against other Connecticut sites it ranks highest in fall (29th percentile) and lowest in spring (11th). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 1.9 mi NW, grown 4 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: open water, less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 24th percentile (spring 56th, summer 37th, fall 40th)
  • Connecticut: 12th percentile (spring 11th, summer 16th, fall 29th)
  • Northeastern Highlands: 12th percentile (spring 32nd, summer 3rd, fall 77th)

Percentile among 3,000 random land points across Connecticut, 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 Jun 30 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Summer-flowering shrubs
  • Season ends: Oct 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 14 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.6 mi NW, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 3 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.9 mi NW, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 3 acres in a typical year, nearest 2 mi W, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 5 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.5 mi NW, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 7 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.9 mi NW, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 4 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.7 mi NW, blooms early Jul – early Aug

What the honey would be made of

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