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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 35.6486, -91.2601

Estimated forage here is better than about 86% of sites in Arkansas. Against other Arkansas sites it stands out most in summer (85th percentile) and lowest in fall (17th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (right here, grown 3 of the last 5 years); corn (right here, grown 3 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: 91st percentile (spring 91st, summer 86th, fall 9th)
  • Arkansas: 86th percentile (spring 64th, summer 85th, fall 17th)
  • Mississippi Alluvial Plain: 56th percentile (spring 51st, summer 62nd, fall 43rd)

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

Season

  • First forage: Feb 16 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Dandelion
  • Main flow: May 16 to Jul 15 — Soybeans
  • Season ends: Aug 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 578 acres in a typical year, nearest 0 mi , blooms early May – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 168 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi SW, blooms early May – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 2,042 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi NW, blooms early May – late Jul
  • Corn: about 142 acres in a typical year, nearest 0 mi , blooms late May – late Jun
  • Soybeans: about 299 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi W, blooms early May – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 58 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi SE, blooms early May – late Jul

What the honey would be made of

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