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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 47.8208, -101.2908

Estimated forage here is better than about 81% of sites in North Dakota. Against other North Dakota sites it stands out most in summer (83rd percentile) and lowest in fall (14th). Biggest nearby bee crops: canola (nearest 0.2 mi SE, grown 1 of the last 5 years); soybeans (nearest 0.2 mi SE, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: open water, less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 98th percentile (spring 28th, summer 98th, fall 88th)
  • North Dakota: 81st percentile (spring 61st, summer 83rd, fall 14th)
  • Northwestern Glaciated Plains: 94th percentile (spring 58th, summer 94th, fall 60th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Apr 16 — Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: Jun 16 to Jul 31 — Canola
  • Season ends: Sep 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Canola: about 820 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi NW, blooms late Jun – early Aug
  • Canola: about 422 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi N, blooms late Jun – early Aug
  • Canola: about 90 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi SE, blooms late Jun – early Aug
  • Canola: about 329 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi S, blooms late Jun – early Aug
  • Canola: about 53 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi N, blooms late Jun – early Aug
  • Canola: about 577 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi W, blooms late Jun – early Aug

What the honey would be made of

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