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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 44.4671, -72.6843

Estimated forage here is better than about 46% of sites in Vermont. Against other Vermont sites it stands out most in fall (97th percentile) and lowest in spring (21st). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 0.4 mi N, grown 4 of the last 5 years); alfalfa (nearest 0.5 mi N, grown 4 of the last 5 years); soybeans (nearest 2.4 mi NE, 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: 52nd percentile (spring 57th, summer 66th, fall 64th)
  • Vermont: 46th percentile (spring 21st, summer 68th, fall 97th)
  • Northeastern Highlands: 63rd percentile (spring 35th, summer 76th, fall 98th)

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, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Dandelion
  • Fall flow: Aug 1 to Aug 15 — Summer-flowering shrubs, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Season ends: Oct 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 45 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi N, blooms late Jul – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 25 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi NE, blooms early Jul – early Sep
  • Corn: about 21 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi N, blooms late Jul – late Aug
  • Corn: about 195 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.9 mi NE, blooms late Jul – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 6 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi N, blooms early Jul – early Sep
  • Corn: about 58 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.9 mi W, blooms late Jul – late Aug

What the honey would be made of

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