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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 35.4159, -90.2955

Estimated forage here is better than about 96% of sites in Arkansas. Against other Arkansas sites it stands out most in summer (97th percentile) and lowest in fall (7th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (right here, grown 2 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.7 mi NE, grown 1 of the last 5 years); sorghum (nearest 0.9 mi N, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: open water, 0.17 mi NE. 1 thing to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 99th percentile (spring 91st, summer 94th, fall 2nd)
  • Arkansas: 96th percentile (spring 65th, summer 97th, fall 7th)
  • Mississippi Alluvial Plain: 84th percentile (spring 51st, summer 89th, fall 15th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 16 — Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Main flow: May 16 to Jul 15 — Soybeans
  • Season ends: Jul 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 10,727 acres in a typical year, nearest 0 mi , blooms early May – early Jul
  • Soybeans: about 10,651 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi NE, blooms early May – early Jul
  • Soybeans: about 11 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi NE, blooms early May – early Jul
  • Soybeans: about 22 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi E, blooms early May – early Jul
  • Corn: about 26 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi W, blooms late May – late Jun
  • Soybeans: about 7 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi SE, blooms early May – early Jul

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Soybeans
  • Summer honey (July and August): Soybeans
  • Fall honey (September to November): Garden flowers, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Cotton; amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Soybeans

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.
  • Flood map not checked. FEMA's flood map service didn't answer. Check it directly.

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.