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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 43.7326, -91.9261

Estimated forage here is better than about 43% of sites in Minnesota. Against other Minnesota sites it stands out most in spring (83rd percentile) and lowest in summer (43rd). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 0.7 mi N, grown 3 of the last 5 years); soybeans (nearest 0.7 mi N, grown 2 of the last 5 years); alfalfa (nearest 0.3 mi NE, grown 4 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.13 mi SE. 1 thing to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 75th percentile (spring 68th, summer 78th, fall 68th)
  • Minnesota: 43rd percentile (spring 83rd, summer 43rd, fall 52nd)
  • Driftless Area: 39th percentile (spring 95th, summer 22nd, fall 68th)

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

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 321 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi S, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 121 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi S, blooms late Jun – early Sep
  • Corn: about 129 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi N, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 39 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi N, blooms late Jun – early Sep
  • Soybeans: about 51 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi E, blooms late Jun – early Sep
  • Soybeans: about 403 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.9 mi NE, blooms late Jun – early Sep

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): Soybeans, Alfalfa, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard); extra light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard); light amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Soybeans, Dandelion; extra light amber

Things to watch

  • Near a FEMA high-risk flood zone. A mapped high-risk flood zone (AE) is within about 300 m. Check FEMA's map for the exact spot.

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.