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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 42.6853, -75.3116

Estimated forage here is better than about 46% of sites in New York. Against other New York sites it stands out most in fall (80th percentile) and lowest in spring (27th). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 0.2 mi N, grown 4 of the last 5 years); alfalfa (nearest 0.3 mi NW, grown 3 of the last 5 years); dry beans (nearest 0.5 mi SW, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, 0.11 mi W.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 52nd percentile (spring 54th, summer 68th, fall 65th)
  • New York: 46th percentile (spring 27th, summer 66th, fall 80th)
  • Northern Allegheny Plateau: 73rd percentile (spring 48th, summer 80th, fall 82nd)

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 Aug 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Alfalfa
  • Fall flow: Sep 1 to Sep 15 — Alfalfa, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Season ends: Oct 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 54 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi NW, blooms late Jul – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 26 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi NW, blooms late Jun – early Sep
  • Corn: about 18 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi N, blooms late Jul – late Aug
  • Corn: about 37 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi SW, blooms late Jul – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 39 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi W, blooms late Jun – early Sep
  • Corn: about 13 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi N, blooms late Jul – late 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); light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Alfalfa, Dandelion, Summer-flowering shrubs; white
  • Fall honey (September to November): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Alfalfa, Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard); extra light amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Alfalfa, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar); 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.