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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 43.4526, -73.3585

Estimated forage here is better than about 75% of sites in New York. Against other New York sites it stands out most in spring (87th percentile) and lowest in fall (53rd). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 0.1 mi SW); alfalfa (nearest 0.6 mi SW, grown 3 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, 0.12 mi N.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 67th percentile (spring 78th, summer 67th, fall 55th)
  • New York: 75th percentile (spring 87th, summer 62nd, fall 53rd)
  • Eastern Great Lakes Lowlands: 46th percentile (spring 86th, summer 29th, fall 33rd)

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 Jul 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Dandelion
  • Fall flow: Aug 1 to Aug 15 — Alfalfa, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Season ends: Sep 30

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 68 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi N, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 18 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi E, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 5 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi SW, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 23 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi NW, blooms late Jun – early Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 25 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi NW, blooms late Jun – early Sep
  • Corn: about 14 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi NE, blooms early 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, Alfalfa, Summer-flowering shrubs, Dandelion; extra light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Alfalfa, Garden flowers; extra light amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Dandelion, Summer-flowering trees (locust, linden); 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.