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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 35.4215, -91.4549

Estimated forage here is better than about 79% of sites in Arkansas. Against other Arkansas sites it stands out most in spring (92nd percentile) and lowest in fall (52nd). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.7 mi NE, grown 2 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, 0.17 mi S.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 86th percentile (spring 97th, summer 64th, fall 26th)
  • Arkansas: 79th percentile (spring 92nd, summer 75th, fall 52nd)
  • Mississippi Alluvial Plain: 39th percentile (spring 75th, summer 39th, fall 69th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Feb 1 — Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar)
  • Main flow: Mar 1 to Jul 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Soybeans, Dandelion
  • Season ends: Sep 30

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 4,682 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi SE, blooms early May – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 7 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi NE, blooms early May – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 15 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.5 mi NE, blooms early May – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 92 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.3 mi NE, blooms early May – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 4 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.5 mi N, blooms early May – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 5 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.8 mi NE, blooms early May – late Jul

What the honey would be made of

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