Honey bee forage in Drummond, Oklahoma

When is the honey flow in Drummond?

• First forage: Feb 16 (dandelion, roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), native wildflowers)
• Main flow: Mar 16 to Jul 15, peaking early Jun (roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), soybeans, clovers: white, alsike and red)
• Season ends: Oct 31

Forage available to a colony through the year at the center of Drummond, 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 2.

What the honey is made of

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

• Canola: about 52 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi S, blooms early May – late Jun (grown 1 of the last 5 years)
• Alfalfa: about 29 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi W, blooms early May – late Jul (grown 5 of the last 5 years)
• Sunflower: about 54 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.3 mi SW, blooms late May – late Jul (grown 1 of the last 5 years)
• Soybeans: about 75 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.3 mi E, blooms late May – late Jul (grown 2 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 Drummond

Mostly: Winter Wheat; Southeastern Great Plains Tallgrass Prairie; Great Plains Comanchian Ruderal Grassland.

Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow 0.31 mi W; pond, lake or river 0.4 mi W.

Things to watch

• Lots of crops with little or no bee value. About 43% of the land within 3 miles is in crops bees get little from (such as wheat and other grains).

How Drummond ranks

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

About 38% 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

Lahoma 7 mi · Waukomis 7 mi · Ames 9 mi · Meno 10 mi · Bison 11 mi · Enid 12 mi

All towns in Oklahoma · 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 Drummond (36.3017, -98.0358); 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.