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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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Forage report for 43.7061, -92.5698

Estimated forage here is better than about 95% of sites in Minnesota. Against other Minnesota sites it stands out most in summer (83rd percentile) and lowest in spring (50th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.3 mi SE, grown 2 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.3 mi SE, grown 3 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: open water, less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 96th percentile (spring 42nd, summer 95th, fall 88th)
  • Minnesota: 95th percentile (spring 50th, summer 83rd, fall 79th)
  • Western Corn Belt Plains: 85th percentile (spring 77th, summer 42nd, fall 100th)

Percentile among 3,000 random land points across Minnesota, scored the same way; land in general, not beekeepers' yards.

Season

  • First forage: Apr 1 — Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: Jul 1 to Aug 31 — Soybeans
  • Season ends: Sep 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 10,201 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi SW, blooms early Jul – early Sep
  • Corn: about 12,720 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi N, blooms late Jul – late Aug
  • Soybeans: about 1,948 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi N, blooms early Jul – early Sep
  • Soybeans: about 44 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi SE, blooms early Jul – early Sep
  • Corn: about 68 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi SE, blooms late Jul – late Aug
  • Corn: about 139 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi SE, blooms late Jul – late Aug

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Garden flowers; extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Soybeans
  • Fall honey (September to November): Soybeans, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Garden flowers; extra light amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Soybeans, Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red; 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.