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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 35.2399, -97.3438

Estimated forage here is better than about 70% of sites in Oklahoma. Against other Oklahoma sites it stands out most in fall (77th percentile) and lowest in summer (51st). Biggest nearby bee crops: sorghum (nearest 2.2 mi N, grown 2 of the last 5 years); alfalfa (nearest 2.5 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: 68th percentile (spring 84th, summer 41st, fall 76th)
  • Oklahoma: 70th percentile (spring 69th, summer 51st, fall 77th)
  • Cross Timbers: 69th percentile (spring 57th, summer 77th, fall 78th)

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

Season

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

Bee crops nearby

  • Sorghum: about 2 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.2 mi N, blooms late May – late Jun
  • Alfalfa: about 1 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.5 mi N, blooms early May – late Jul
  • Alfalfa: about 1 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.6 mi N, blooms early May – late Jul
  • Sorghum: about 3 acres in a typical year, nearest 3.6 mi NW, blooms late May – late Jun
  • Sorghum: about 7 acres in a typical year, nearest 3.7 mi NW, blooms late May – late Jun
  • Sorghum: about 12 acres in a typical year, nearest 3.7 mi NW, blooms late May – late Jun

What the honey would be made of

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