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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 44.4304, -72.0086

Estimated forage here is better than about 56% of sites in Vermont. Against other Vermont sites it stands out most in fall (98th percentile) and lowest in spring (23rd). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 0.7 mi NW, grown 4 of the last 5 years); soybeans (nearest 1.8 mi E, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 55th percentile (spring 58th, summer 68th, fall 67th)
  • Vermont: 56th percentile (spring 23rd, summer 79th, fall 98th)
  • Northeastern Highlands: 70th percentile (spring 37th, summer 83rd, fall 99th)

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 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar)
  • Season ends: Oct 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 10 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi NW, blooms late Jul – late Aug
  • Corn: about 6 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.3 mi N, blooms late Jul – late Aug
  • Corn: about 17 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.9 mi E, blooms late Jul – late Aug
  • Corn: about 11 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.9 mi N, blooms late Jul – late Aug
  • Soybeans: about 4 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.8 mi E, blooms early Jul – early Sep
  • Corn: about 12 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.3 mi NW, blooms late Jul – late Aug

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Spring-flowering shrubs; light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Summer-flowering shrubs, Dandelion, Garden flowers; 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): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Summer-flowering shrubs; 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.