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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 43.8072, -72.5122

Estimated forage here is better than about 33% of sites in Vermont. Against other Vermont sites it stands out most in fall (82nd percentile) and lowest in spring and summer (32nd). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 0.8 mi SE, grown 4 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: open water, 0.26 mi NE.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 47th percentile (spring 61st, summer 60th, fall 51st)
  • Vermont: 33rd percentile (spring 32nd, summer 32nd, fall 82nd)
  • Northeastern Highlands: 52nd percentile (spring 47th, summer 50th, fall 89th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 16 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Dandelion
  • Main flow: Apr 16 to Jul 15 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Season ends: Oct 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 26 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi SE, blooms late Jul – late Aug
  • Corn: about 7 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.3 mi N, blooms late Jul – late Aug
  • Corn: about 11 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.3 mi W, blooms late Jul – late Aug
  • Corn: about 2 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.9 mi NW, blooms late Jul – late Aug
  • Corn: about 1 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.7 mi W, blooms late Jul – late Aug
  • Corn: about 10 acres in a typical year, nearest 3 mi NW, blooms late Jul – late 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, Summer-flowering trees (locust, linden), Dandelion; extra light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Garden flowers, Summer-flowering shrubs; 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.