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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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Forage report for 35.0863, -90.3284

Estimated forage here is better than about 100% of sites in Arkansas. Against other Arkansas sites it stands out most in summer (100th percentile) and lowest in fall (3rd). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (right here); cotton (nearest 1.0 mi E); corn (nearest 0.1 mi SE, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.22 mi S. 1 thing to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 100th percentile (spring 98th, summer 98th, fall 1st)
  • Arkansas: 100th percentile (spring 98th, summer 100th, fall 3rd)
  • Mississippi Alluvial Plain: 99th percentile (spring 84th, summer 97th, fall 7th)

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

Season

  • First forage: May 1 — Soybeans
  • Main flow: May 1 to Jul 15 — Soybeans
  • Season ends: Jul 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 19,722 acres in a typical year, nearest 0 mi , blooms early May – early Jul
  • Soybeans: about 500 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi N, blooms early May – early Jul
  • Soybeans: about 2,257 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.2 mi SE, blooms early May – early Jul
  • Cotton: about 469 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.5 mi SE, blooms early Jul – late Aug
  • Corn: about 25 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi SE, blooms late May – late Jun
  • Corn: about 53 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi N, blooms late May – late Jun

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Soybeans
  • 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, Cotton; extra light amber

Things to watch

  • 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.

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.