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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 34.9184, -97.3161

Estimated forage here is better than about 69% of sites in Oklahoma. Against other Oklahoma sites it stands out most in spring (73rd percentile) and lowest in fall (32nd). Biggest nearby bee crops: alfalfa (nearest 0.3 mi NE, grown 1 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 1.7 mi N, grown 2 of the last 5 years); soybeans (nearest 1.4 mi NE, grown 3 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.32 mi E.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 67th percentile (spring 87th, summer 45th, fall 42nd)
  • Oklahoma: 69th percentile (spring 73rd, summer 66th, fall 32nd)
  • Central Great Plains: 72nd percentile (spring 98th, summer 33rd, fall 41st)

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

Season

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

Bee crops nearby

  • Alfalfa: about 196 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi NE, blooms early May – late Jul
  • Alfalfa: about 13 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi NW, blooms early May – late Jul
  • Corn: about 59 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.7 mi N, blooms late May – late Jun
  • Alfalfa: about 38 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.7 mi N, blooms early May – late Jul
  • Corn: about 145 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.3 mi N, blooms late May – late Jun
  • Soybeans: about 18 acres in a typical year, nearest 2 mi NW, blooms early May – early Jul

What the honey would be made of

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