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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 45.7133, -95.2684

Estimated forage here is better than about 55% of sites in Minnesota. Against other Minnesota sites it stands out most in fall (70th percentile) and lowest in spring (43rd). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 0.2 mi N); soybeans (nearest 0.3 mi E, grown 1 of the last 5 years); alfalfa (nearest 0.2 mi NW). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, 0.23 mi NW.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 82nd percentile (spring 37th, summer 88th, fall 80th)
  • Minnesota: 55th percentile (spring 43rd, summer 59th, fall 70th)
  • North Central Hardwood Forests: 73rd percentile (spring 21st, summer 82nd, fall 64th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Apr 1 — Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Main flow: Jul 1 to Aug 31 — Soybeans
  • Season ends: Sep 30

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 987 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi E, blooms late Jul – late Aug
  • Corn: about 954 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi SE, blooms late Jul – late Aug
  • Soybeans: about 139 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi S, blooms early Jul – early Sep
  • Soybeans: about 111 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi E, blooms early Jul – early Sep
  • Soybeans: about 119 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi N, blooms early Jul – early Sep
  • Corn: about 263 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi N, blooms late Jul – late Aug

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Peas; extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Soybeans, Alfalfa, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard); white
  • Fall honey (September to November): Soybeans, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dry Beans, Alfalfa; extra light amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Soybeans, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, 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.