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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 44.1828, -73.4331

Estimated forage here is better than about 51% of sites in New York. Against other New York sites it stands out most in fall (68th percentile) and lowest in summer (47th). Biggest nearby bee crops: sunflower (nearest 1.0 mi SW, grown 1 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 1.0 mi SW, grown 1 of the last 5 years); clover and wildflowers (nearest 2.3 mi N, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: pond, lake or river, less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 55th percentile (spring 66th, summer 63rd, fall 61st)
  • New York: 51st percentile (spring 61st, summer 47th, fall 68th)
  • Eastern Great Lakes Lowlands: 21st percentile (spring 54th, summer 17th, fall 49th)

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, Dandelion, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar)
  • Season ends: Oct 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Sunflower: about 8 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi SW, blooms early Jul – early Sep
  • Corn: about 9 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi SW, blooms late Jul – late Aug
  • Sunflower: about 3 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.7 mi SW, blooms early Jul – early Sep
  • Clover and wildflowers: about 4 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.3 mi N, blooms early May – early Oct
  • Corn: about 3 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.7 mi SW, blooms late Jul – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 6 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.5 mi S, blooms late Jun – early Sep

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Summer-flowering trees (locust, linden); light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Summer-flowering shrubs, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard); extra light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Garden flowers, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard); extra light amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), 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.