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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 36.1258, -90.5031

Estimated forage here is better than about 60% of sites in Arkansas. Against other Arkansas sites it stands out most in summer (74th percentile) and lowest in fall (24th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (right here, grown 3 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.1 mi SE, grown 1 of the last 5 years); sorghum (nearest 0.7 mi SE, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, 0.12 mi E. 1 thing to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 75th percentile (spring 89th, summer 64th, fall 13th)
  • Arkansas: 60th percentile (spring 59th, summer 74th, fall 24th)
  • Mississippi Valley Loess Plains: 48th percentile (spring 63rd, summer 64th, fall 50th)

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, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Early trees (maple, willow, poplar)
  • Main flow: Mar 1 to Jul 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Soybeans, Dandelion
  • Season ends: Aug 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 28 acres in a typical year, nearest 0 mi S, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 79 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi E, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 334 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.7 mi E, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 144 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.3 mi SE, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 12 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi NE, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 40 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi S, blooms late May – late Jul

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Soybeans, Dandelion, 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, Cotton; 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

  • Near a FEMA high-risk flood zone. A mapped high-risk flood zone (A) 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.