Honey bee forage in Edgar Springs, Missouri

When is the honey flow in Edgar Springs?

• First forage: Feb 16 (dandelion, clovers: white, alsike and red)
• Main flow: Mar 16 to Jun 15, peaking late Apr (clovers: white, alsike and red, dandelion)
• Fall flow: Jul 1 to Jul 15 (clovers: white, alsike and red, dandelion, fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster))
• Season ends: Sep 30

Forage available to a colony through the year at the center of Edgar Springs, 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 Apr 12.

What the honey is made of

• Spring honey (March to June): clovers: white, alsike and red, dandelion, roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard); extra light amber, likely to set over some months
• Summer honey (July and August): clovers: white, alsike and red, dandelion, fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard); extra light amber, likely to set over some months
• Fall honey (September to November): fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), clovers: white, alsike and red, dandelion, garden flowers; amber, likely to set over some months
• Whole season (March to November): clovers: white, alsike and red, dandelion, fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard); 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 2 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.5 mi NW, blooms late May – early Aug (grown 1 of the last 5 years)
• Corn: about 2 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.5 mi NW, blooms early Jun – early Jul (grown 1 of the last 5 years)
• Sorghum: about 2 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.5 mi NE, blooms early Jun – early Jul (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 Edgar Springs

Mostly: Ozark-Ouachita Dry-Mesic Oak Forest; Eastern Cool Temperate Pasture and Hayland; Ozark-Ouachita Dry Oak Woodland.

Nearest mapped water: pond, lake or river 0.12 mi SW; mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer) 0.31 mi NE.

How Edgar Springs ranks

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

About 84% 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

Licking 14 mi · Fort Leonard Wood 15 mi · Newburg 15 mi · Doolittle 17 mi · Rolla 18 mi · St. Robert 18 mi

All towns in Missouri · National map · How the scoring works

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 Edgar Springs (37.7026, -91.8661); 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.