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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 34.9402, -91.0053

Estimated forage here is better than about 94% of sites in Arkansas. Against other Arkansas sites it stands out most in summer (95th percentile) and lowest in fall (9th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (right here, grown 2 of the last 5 years); corn (right here, grown 1 of the last 5 years); sorghum (nearest 0.2 mi N, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 98th percentile (spring 93rd, summer 91st, fall 3rd)
  • Arkansas: 94th percentile (spring 70th, summer 95th, fall 9th)
  • Mississippi Alluvial Plain: 78th percentile (spring 55th, summer 81st, fall 20th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 16 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Dandelion
  • Main flow: May 16 to Jul 15 — Soybeans
  • Season ends: Jul 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 9,504 acres in a typical year, nearest 0 mi , blooms early May – early Jul
  • Soybeans: about 708 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi NW, blooms early May – early Jul
  • Soybeans: about 5,187 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi NW, blooms early May – early Jul
  • Soybeans: about 889 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi W, blooms early May – early Jul
  • Corn: about 268 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi E, blooms late May – late Jun
  • Corn: about 43 acres in a typical year, nearest 0 mi , blooms late May – late Jun

What the honey would be made of

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