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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 48.2452, -94.1756

Estimated forage here is better than about 0% of sites in Minnesota. Spring, summer and fall all rank about the same against other Minnesota sites. Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 2.9 mi SE, grown 1 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 2.2 mi S, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 4th percentile (spring 3rd, summer 21st, fall 17th)
  • Minnesota: 0th percentile (spring 6th, summer 0th, fall 4th)
  • Northern Minnesota Wetlands: 1st percentile (spring 1st, summer 1st, fall 7th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 16 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar)
  • Main flow: May 16 to Aug 15 — Summer-flowering shrubs, Native wildflowers
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 3 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.9 mi SE, blooms early Jul – early Sep
  • Corn: about 1 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.2 mi S, blooms late Jul – late Aug
  • Corn: about 1 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.7 mi SE, blooms late Jul – late Aug

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Summer-flowering shrubs, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Native wildflowers, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard); light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Summer-flowering shrubs, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Native wildflowers, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster); light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Summer-flowering shrubs, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard); light amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Summer-flowering shrubs, Native wildflowers, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard); 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.