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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 42.1037, -73.5536

Estimated forage here is better than about 78% of sites in New York. Against other New York sites it stands out most in summer (85th percentile) and lowest in spring (54th). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 0.1 mi N, grown 2 of the last 5 years); soybeans (nearest 0.1 mi N, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, 0.1 mi SE.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 68th percentile (spring 63rd, summer 77th, fall 61st)
  • New York: 78th percentile (spring 54th, summer 85th, fall 67th)
  • Northeastern Highlands: 95th percentile (spring 55th, summer 100th, fall 97th)

Percentile among 3,000 random land points across New York, 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 Aug 31 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Soybeans, Dandelion
  • Season ends: Oct 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 194 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi E, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 27 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi W, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Soybeans: about 57 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi SW, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Soybeans: about 33 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi E, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Corn: about 92 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi SW, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 24 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi N, blooms early Jul – early Aug

What the honey would be made of

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