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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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Forage report for 33.3537, -90.5917

Estimated forage here is better than about 97% of sites in Mississippi. Against other Mississippi sites it stands out most in spring (99th percentile) and lowest in fall (41st). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.2 mi N); corn (nearest 0.3 mi SW, grown 2 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.11 mi SE.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 99th percentile (spring 99th, summer 87th, fall 6th)
  • Mississippi: 97th percentile (spring 99th, summer 93rd, fall 41st)
  • Mississippi Alluvial Plain: 92nd percentile (spring 97th, summer 64th, fall 36th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Feb 1 — Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: May 1 to Jun 30 — Soybeans
  • Season ends: Jul 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 18,928 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi N, blooms late Apr – late Jun
  • Corn: about 1,296 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi SW, blooms early May – early Jun
  • Soybeans: about 1,364 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi S, blooms late Apr – late Jun
  • Soybeans: about 63 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi SE, blooms late Apr – late Jun
  • Corn: about 139 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi W, blooms early May – early Jun
  • Soybeans: about 34 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi NE, blooms late Apr – late Jun

What the honey would be made of

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