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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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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 35.2639, -96.9340

Estimated forage here is better than about 88% of sites in Oklahoma. Against other Oklahoma sites it stands out most in spring (87th percentile) and lowest in fall (51st). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 2.5 mi N, grown 3 of the last 5 years); soybeans (nearest 2.6 mi NE, grown 1 of the last 5 years); sorghum (nearest 3.0 mi NE, 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. 3 things to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 80th percentile (spring 95th, summer 49th, fall 59th)
  • Oklahoma: 88th percentile (spring 87th, summer 76th, fall 51st)
  • Cross Timbers: 96th percentile (spring 97th, summer 95th, 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 May 31 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Fall flow: Jun 16 to Aug 15 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 56 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.6 mi NE, blooms late May – late Jun
  • Soybeans: about 20 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.6 mi NE, blooms early May – early Jul
  • Corn: about 44 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.8 mi N, blooms late May – late Jun
  • Corn: about 104 acres in a typical year, nearest 3.2 mi NW, blooms late May – late Jun
  • Corn: about 20 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.5 mi N, blooms late May – late Jun
  • Soybeans: about 18 acres in a typical year, nearest 3 mi NE, 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, Summer-flowering shrubs; extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Garden flowers; 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, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster); extra light amber

Things to watch

  • Heavily developed. About 65% of the land within a mile is developed. Less room for forage, and more neighbors near the hives.
  • 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.
  • Near a FEMA high-risk flood zone. A mapped high-risk flood zone (A) is within about 300 m. Check FEMA's map for the exact spot.

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.