Honey bee forage in Stockville, Nebraska

When is the honey flow in Stockville?

• First forage: Mar 16 (roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), dandelion, native wildflowers)
• Main flow: Jun 16 to Aug 15, peaking early Jul (roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), soybeans, alfalfa)
• Season ends: Oct 31

Forage available to a colony through the year at the center of Stockville, 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 30.

What the honey is made of

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

• Corn: about 1,284 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi W, blooms early Jul – early Aug (grown 2 of the last 5 years)
• Soybeans: about 211 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi W, blooms late Jun – late Aug (grown 2 of the last 5 years)
• Sorghum: about 29 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi E, blooms early Jul – early Aug (grown 2 of the last 5 years)
• Alfalfa: about 47 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi NE, blooms early Jun – late Aug (grown 4 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 Stockville

Mostly: Central Mixedgrass Prairie Grassland; Northern & Central Plains Ruderal & Planted Grassland; Corn.

Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow 0.21 mi E; mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer) 0.26 mi NW.

How Stockville ranks

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

About 64% 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

Curtis 10 mi · Moorefield 11 mi · Farnam 15 mi · Maywood 15 mi · Bartley 20 mi · Eustis 21 mi

All towns in Nebraska · 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 Stockville (40.5336, -100.3844); 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.