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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 34.1807, -89.0361

Estimated forage here is better than about 71% of sites in Mississippi. Against other Mississippi sites it stands out most in spring (78th percentile) and lowest in fall (53rd). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.3 mi N, grown 4 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: pond, lake or river, less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 77th percentile (spring 95th, summer 47th, fall 10th)
  • Mississippi: 71st percentile (spring 78th, summer 76th, fall 53rd)
  • Southeastern Plains: 84th percentile (spring 93rd, summer 76th, fall 45th)

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), Early trees (maple, willow, poplar)
  • Main flow: Feb 16 to Jun 30 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Soybeans, Dandelion
  • Season ends: Aug 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 31 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi N, blooms early May – early Jul
  • Soybeans: about 85 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.3 mi W, blooms early May – early Jul
  • Soybeans: about 22 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi NW, blooms early May – early Jul
  • Soybeans: about 16 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi S, blooms early May – early Jul
  • Soybeans: about 53 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi N, blooms early May – early Jul
  • Soybeans: about 29 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi SW, blooms early May – early Jul

What the honey would be made of

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