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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 43.0746, -76.0077

Estimated forage here is better than about 81% of sites in New York. Against other New York sites it stands out most in fall (89th percentile) and lowest in summer (70th). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 0.9 mi SE); soybeans (nearest 1.8 mi NE, grown 2 of the last 5 years); alfalfa (nearest 2.9 mi SE). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, 0.33 mi SW. 1 thing to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 70th percentile (spring 75th, summer 69th, fall 70th)
  • New York: 81st percentile (spring 83rd, summer 70th, fall 89th)
  • Eastern Great Lakes Lowlands: 56th percentile (spring 81st, summer 37th, fall 79th)

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

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 13 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi SE, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 94 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.2 mi NE, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 9 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.8 mi NE, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Corn: about 150 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.9 mi E, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 41 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.3 mi E, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 15 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.3 mi E, blooms late Jun – 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), Summer-flowering shrubs; light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Garden flowers, Summer-flowering shrubs; extra light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Garden flowers, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster); extra light amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Garden flowers, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar); extra light amber

Things to watch

  • Heavily developed. About 51% of the land within a mile is developed. Less room for forage, and more neighbors near the hives.
  • Flood map not checked. FEMA's flood map service didn't answer. Check it directly.

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.