Bee forage check

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 36.0290, -93.3626

Estimated forage here is better than about 34% of sites in Arkansas. Against other Arkansas sites it stands out most in fall (88th percentile) and lowest in summer (33rd). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.2 mi SW.

Ranking

Continental US: 52nd percentile (spring 86th, summer 23rd, fall 53rd)
Arkansas: 34th percentile (spring 51st, summer 33rd, fall 88th)
Boston Mountains: 55th percentile (spring 65th, summer 43rd, fall 55th)

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

Season

First forage: Feb 1 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar)
Main flow: Mar 1 to May 31 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Summer-flowering trees (locust, linden), Spring-flowering shrubs
Season ends: Oct 31

What the honey would be made of

Spring honey (March to June): Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Summer-flowering trees (locust, linden), Summer-flowering shrubs, Clovers: white, alsike and red; light amber
Summer honey (July and August): Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Summer-flowering shrubs, Dandelion; light amber
Fall honey (September to November): Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster); amber
Whole season (March to November): Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Summer-flowering trees (locust, linden), Summer-flowering shrubs; light amber

Things to watch

No digital FEMA flood map here. FEMA has no digital flood map for this area. Ask the county, and look for low ground near creeks before placing hives.

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.