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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 45.0091, -93.6627

Estimated forage here is better than about 48% of sites in Minnesota. Against other Minnesota sites it stands out most in spring (86th percentile) and lowest in summer (43rd). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.5 mi SW, grown 3 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.5 mi SW, grown 2 of the last 5 years); alfalfa (nearest 0.7 mi N, grown 4 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 78th percentile (spring 71st, summer 78th, fall 81st)
  • Minnesota: 48th percentile (spring 86th, summer 43rd, fall 72nd)
  • North Central Hardwood Forests: 58th percentile (spring 87th, summer 37th, fall 67th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 16 — Dandelion, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: Apr 16 to Aug 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Fall flow: Sep 1 to Sep 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Garden flowers
  • Season ends: Oct 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 64 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi SW, blooms late Jun – early Sep
  • Corn: about 47 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi SW, blooms late Jul – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 25 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi S, blooms late Jun – early Sep
  • Soybeans: about 41 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.6 mi NW, blooms late Jun – early Sep
  • Soybeans: about 35 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.5 mi W, blooms late Jun – early Sep
  • Corn: about 39 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi S, blooms late Jul – early Aug

What the honey would be made of

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