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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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Forage report for 34.5790, -89.3306

Estimated forage here is better than about 73% of sites in Mississippi. Against other Mississippi sites it stands out most in spring (81st percentile) and lowest in fall (64th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.6 mi SW, grown 3 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 1.3 mi NE, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.13 mi N.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 78th percentile (spring 96th, summer 48th, fall 14th)
  • Mississippi: 73rd percentile (spring 81st, summer 76th, fall 64th)
  • Southeastern Plains: 86th percentile (spring 95th, summer 77th, fall 57th)

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, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar)
  • Main flow: Feb 16 to Jun 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Soybeans
  • Fall flow: Jul 1 to Jul 15 — Soybeans, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Season ends: Aug 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 146 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi W, blooms early May – early Jul
  • Soybeans: about 77 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi NW, blooms early May – early Jul
  • Soybeans: about 286 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.9 mi S, blooms early May – early Jul
  • Soybeans: about 58 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi N, blooms early May – early Jul
  • Soybeans: about 29 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.3 mi S, blooms early May – early Jul
  • Soybeans: about 307 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.1 mi SW, blooms early May – early Jul

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Soybeans, Summer-flowering trees (locust, linden); extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Soybeans, Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard); 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, Dandelion, Soybeans, 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.