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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 42.0751, -76.1238

Estimated forage here is better than about 66% of sites in New York. Against other New York sites it stands out most in fall (86th percentile) and lowest in summer (59th). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 1.0 mi SW); alfalfa (nearest 1.2 mi W, grown 2 of the last 5 years); soybeans (nearest 1.6 mi NW, grown 2 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 63rd percentile (spring 69th, summer 66th, fall 69th)
  • New York: 66th percentile (spring 70th, summer 59th, fall 86th)
  • Northern Allegheny Plateau: 89th percentile (spring 98th, summer 75th, fall 88th)

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

Season

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

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 27 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi W, blooms late Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 10 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi SW, blooms late Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 20 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.5 mi NW, blooms late Jul – early Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 5 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi W, blooms late Jun – early Sep
  • Soybeans: about 3 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.6 mi NW, blooms late Jun – early Sep
  • Corn: about 16 acres in a typical year, nearest 3.1 mi W, blooms late Jul – early Aug

What the honey would be made of

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