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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 43.4179, -73.2137

Estimated forage here is better than about 20% of sites in Vermont. Against other Vermont sites it stands out most in fall (74th percentile) and lowest in summer (12th). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 0.1 mi S); alfalfa (nearest 0.5 mi SW, grown 3 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.11 mi NW.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 41st percentile (spring 60th, summer 55th, fall 46th)
  • Vermont: 20th percentile (spring 28th, summer 12th, fall 74th)
  • Northeastern Highlands: 39th percentile (spring 43rd, summer 31st, fall 85th)

Percentile among 3,000 random land points across Vermont, 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 Jul 31 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Season ends: Oct 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 31 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi S, blooms late Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 30 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi NE, blooms late Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 11 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi S, blooms late Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 55 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.3 mi SW, blooms late Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 9 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi S, blooms late Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 23 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi SW, blooms late 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, Dandelion, Summer-flowering trees (locust, linden); light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Summer-flowering shrubs, Alfalfa, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard); extra light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster); extra light amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, 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.