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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 44.7067, -72.2020

Estimated forage here is better than about 46% of sites in Vermont. Against other Vermont sites it stands out most in fall (73rd percentile) and lowest in spring (36th). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 0.5 mi NW). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.3 mi NW.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 52nd percentile (spring 62nd, summer 65th, fall 46th)
  • Vermont: 46th percentile (spring 36th, summer 62nd, fall 73rd)
  • Northeastern Highlands: 63rd percentile (spring 51st, summer 71st, fall 85th)

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)
  • Main flow: May 1 to Jul 15 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Summer-flowering trees (locust, linden), Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Season ends: Oct 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 16 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi NW, blooms late Jul – late Aug
  • Corn: about 53 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.5 mi NW, blooms late Jul – late Aug
  • Corn: about 10 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.3 mi SE, blooms late Jul – late Aug
  • Corn: about 24 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.8 mi NE, blooms late Jul – late Aug
  • Corn: about 49 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.5 mi NW, blooms late Jul – late Aug
  • Corn: about 89 acres in a typical year, nearest 3.1 mi N, blooms late Jul – late Aug

What the honey would be made of

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