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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 35.9919, -96.5988

Estimated forage here is better than about 87% of sites in Oklahoma. Against other Oklahoma sites it stands out most in spring (84th percentile) and lowest in fall (70th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 2.4 mi NW, grown 1 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 2.5 mi NW, grown 1 of the last 5 years); sorghum (nearest 2.8 mi NW, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away. 2 things to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 78th percentile (spring 94th, summer 52nd, fall 72nd)
  • Oklahoma: 87th percentile (spring 84th, summer 80th, fall 70th)
  • Cross Timbers: 95th percentile (spring 94th, summer 96th, fall 71st)

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

Season

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

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 139 acres in a typical year, nearest 3.2 mi N, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Corn: about 30 acres in a typical year, nearest 3.2 mi NW, blooms early Jun – early Jul
  • Soybeans: about 2 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.4 mi NW, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Corn: about 19 acres in a typical year, nearest 3.4 mi NW, blooms early Jun – early Jul
  • Soybeans: about 1 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.5 mi NW, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Sorghum: about 2 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.8 mi NW, blooms early Jun – early Jul

What the honey would be made of

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

Things to watch

  • Heavily developed. About 60% of the land within a mile is developed. Less room for forage, and more neighbors near the hives.
  • Near a FEMA high-risk flood zone. A mapped high-risk flood zone (AE) is within about 300 m. Check FEMA's map for the exact spot.

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.