Honey bee forage in North Crossett, Arkansas

When is the honey flow in North Crossett?

• First forage: Jan 16 (dandelion, clovers: white, alsike and red)
• Main flow: Feb 16 to May 15, peaking late Mar (clovers: white, alsike and red, dandelion)
• Fall flow: Jun 1 to Jun 30 (roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), clovers: white, alsike and red, dandelion)
• Season ends: Sep 30

Forage available to a colony through the year at the center of North Crossett, from what grows within flight range (about 3.7 miles) and when it blooms here. Dates are the model's estimate for a typical year; the spring index for this spot falls on Mar 14.

What the honey is made of

• Spring honey (March to June): clovers: white, alsike and red, dandelion, roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), summer-flowering shrubs; extra light amber, likely to set over some months
• Summer honey (July and August): garden flowers, clovers: white, alsike and red, dandelion, roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard); extra light amber, likely to set over some months
• Fall honey (September to November): garden flowers, fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster); amber
• Whole season (March to November): clovers: white, alsike and red, dandelion, roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), garden flowers; extra light amber, likely to set over some months

Nectar-source estimate (plants weighted by how much bees favor them), not a pollen analysis. Full honey estimate.

Bee crops within flight range

• Soybeans: about 494 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.5 mi E, blooms late Apr – early Jul (grown 2 of the last 5 years)
• Corn: about 587 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.5 mi E, blooms late May – early Jun (grown 3 of the last 5 years)
• Cotton: about 2 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.2 mi SE, blooms late Jun – late Aug (grown 1 of the last 5 years)
• Squash: about 2 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.7 mi NW, blooms early May – late Aug (grown 1 of the last 5 years)

From USDA's crop maps for 2021–2025; fields rotate, so a crop counts by how often it was grown. Listing a field says nothing about its owner.

The land and water around North Crossett

Mostly: Southeastern North American Temperate Forest Plantation; Southeastern Ruderal Grassland; West Gulf Coastal Plain Nonriverine Wet Hardwood Flatwoods.

Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow 0.07 mi S; pond, lake or river 0.15 mi N.

Things to watch

• Heavily developed. About 57% of the land within a mile is developed. Less room for forage, and more neighbors near the hives.
• Bee crops nearby that are often sprayed. Cotton: insecticides used on about 39% of surveyed US acres (2025); Squash: insecticides used on about 71% of surveyed US acres (2024). Figures are from USDA's Agricultural Chemical Use Survey, matched by crop type from the crop map. The survey counts any insecticide use in the crop year (not seed treatments) and doesn't say when; ask nearby growers about spray timing.

How North Crossett ranks

Percentiles among 3,000 random land points in each region, scored the same way: land in general, not beekeepers' apiaries.

About 59% of the land here is scored with national averages for its vegetation type rather than measured plant cover, so the wild-plant part of this estimate is rougher than the crop part.

Nearby

Crossett 4 mi · West Crossett 5 mi · Hamburg 9 mi · Fountain Hill 14 mi · Felsenthal 15 mi · Huttig 17 mi

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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. The point is the Census Bureau's published center of North Crossett (33.1741, -91.9317); a yard a mile or two away can differ, so check your own spot. The FEMA flood map was not checked for this page. Benchmark 2026.5, built 2026-10-19. How this works · All sources.