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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 32.3294, -89.3158

Estimated forage here is better than about 66% of sites in Mississippi. Against other Mississippi sites it stands out most in spring (73rd percentile) and lowest in fall (16th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.1 mi SE, grown 3 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 1.3 mi SE, grown 2 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 73rd percentile (spring 93rd, summer 37th, fall 3rd)
  • Mississippi: 66th percentile (spring 73rd, summer 69th, fall 16th)
  • Southeastern Plains: 79th percentile (spring 89th, summer 68th, fall 14th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Jan 16 — Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: Feb 1 to Jun 30 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Soybeans, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Season ends: Jul 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 649 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi SE, blooms late Apr – late Jun
  • Soybeans: about 31 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi NE, blooms late Apr – late Jun
  • Soybeans: about 60 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi S, blooms late Apr – late Jun
  • Soybeans: about 17 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi SE, blooms late Apr – late Jun
  • Soybeans: about 87 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi S, blooms late Apr – late Jun
  • Soybeans: about 70 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.3 mi N, blooms late Apr – late Jun

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Soybeans, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Dandelion; extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Garden flowers; extra light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Garden flowers, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster); amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Soybeans, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Dandelion; extra 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.