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Forage report for 34.1950, -98.5888

Estimated forage here is better than about 8% of sites in Oklahoma. Spring, summer and fall all rank about the same against other Oklahoma sites. Biggest nearby bee crops: cotton (nearest 0.1 mi NE, grown 1 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.1 mi NE, grown 1 of the last 5 years); sorghum (nearest 1.2 mi SW, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: pond, lake or river, 0.12 mi SE. 2 things to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 24th percentile (spring 52nd, summer 35th, fall 22nd)
  • Oklahoma: 8th percentile (spring 15th, summer 21st, fall 15th)
  • Central Great Plains: 6th percentile (spring 55th, summer 18th, fall 24th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Jan 16 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Dandelion
  • Main flow: Feb 16 to Jun 15 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Fall flow: Jul 1 to Aug 31 — Cotton
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Cotton: about 318 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi E, blooms early Jul – late Aug
  • Cotton: about 91 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi SW, blooms early Jul – late Aug
  • Cotton: about 22 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi N, blooms early Jul – late Aug
  • Corn: about 9 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi NE, blooms late May – late Jun
  • Cotton: about 169 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.6 mi N, blooms early Jul – late Aug
  • Cotton: about 44 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi N, blooms early Jul – late Aug

What the honey would be made of

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

Things to watch

  • Lots of crops with little or no bee value. About 49% of the land within 3 miles is in crops bees get little from (such as wheat and other grains).
  • Bee crops nearby that are often sprayed. Cotton: insecticides used on about 39% of surveyed US acres (2025). Figures are from USDA's Agricultural Chemical Use Survey, matched by crop type from the crop map. The survey counts any insecticide use in the crop year (not seed treatments) and doesn't say when; ask nearby growers about spray timing.
  • No digital FEMA flood map here. FEMA has no digital flood map for this area. Ask the county, and look for low ground near creeks before placing hives.

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.