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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 35.3297, -96.8016

Estimated forage here is better than about 84% of sites in Oklahoma. Against other Oklahoma sites it stands out most in spring (82nd percentile) and lowest in fall (52nd). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 0.5 mi W, grown 2 of the last 5 years); alfalfa (nearest 1.1 mi NW, grown 2 of the last 5 years); soybeans (nearest 1.4 mi NW, grown 2 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 76th percentile (spring 93rd, summer 48th, fall 60th)
  • Oklahoma: 84th percentile (spring 82nd, summer 73rd, fall 52nd)
  • Cross Timbers: 91st percentile (spring 92nd, summer 94th, fall 43rd)

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

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 108 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.3 mi NW, blooms late May – late Jun
  • Alfalfa: about 23 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.6 mi NW, blooms early May – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 9 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.4 mi NW, blooms early May – early Jul
  • Alfalfa: about 12 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi NW, blooms early May – late Jul
  • Corn: about 3 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi W, blooms late May – late Jun
  • Alfalfa: about 24 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.9 mi N, blooms early May – late Jul

What the honey would be made of

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