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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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Forage report for 45.7580, -94.2435

Estimated forage here is better than about 37% of sites in Minnesota. Against other Minnesota sites it stands out most in fall (92nd percentile) and lowest in spring (26th). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (right here, grown 2 of the last 5 years); dry beans (right here, grown 2 of the last 5 years); peas (nearest 0.4 mi SE, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, 0.2 mi NW.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 70th percentile (spring 20th, summer 84th, fall 98th)
  • Minnesota: 37th percentile (spring 26th, summer 49th, fall 92nd)
  • North Central Hardwood Forests: 33rd percentile (spring 5th, summer 54th, fall 99th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Apr 16 — Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Main flow: Jul 16 to Sep 15 — Dry Beans
  • Season ends: Sep 30

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 1,025 acres in a typical year, nearest 0 mi , blooms late Jul – late Aug
  • Dry beans: about 267 acres in a typical year, nearest 0 mi , blooms late Jul – late Sep
  • Dry beans: about 150 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi NW, blooms late Jul – late Sep
  • Dry beans: about 51 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi SW, blooms late Jul – late Sep
  • Corn: about 287 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi NE, blooms late Jul – late Aug
  • Dry beans: about 121 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi NE, blooms late Jul – late Sep

What the honey would be made of

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

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.