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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 35.8918, -91.0826

Estimated forage here is better than about 71% of sites in Arkansas. Against other Arkansas sites it stands out most in summer (81st percentile) and lowest in fall (10th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (right here, grown 2 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.7 mi W, grown 1 of the last 5 years); cotton (nearest 1.1 mi S, grown 2 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.15 mi NE. 2 things to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 81st percentile (spring 76th, summer 82nd, fall 4th)
  • Arkansas: 71st percentile (spring 29th, summer 81st, fall 10th)
  • Mississippi Alluvial Plain: 28th percentile (spring 31st, summer 53rd, fall 25th)

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, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar)
  • Main flow: May 16 to Jul 15 — Soybeans
  • Season ends: Aug 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 4,200 acres in a typical year, nearest 0 mi SE, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 51 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi NE, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 1,175 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi NE, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 32 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi E, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 376 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi SE, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 1,203 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.6 mi SW, blooms late May – late Jul

What the honey would be made of

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

Things to watch

  • Lots of crops with little or no bee value. About 42% of the land within 3 miles is in crops bees get little from (such as wheat and other grains).
  • 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.