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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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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 36.4394, -99.2065

Estimated forage here is better than about 43% of sites in Oklahoma. Against other Oklahoma sites it stands out most in summer (63rd percentile) and lowest in fall (45th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.9 mi N, grown 1 of the last 5 years); alfalfa (nearest 0.8 mi N, grown 1 of the last 5 years); peas (nearest 1.2 mi NE, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.23 mi E.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 50th percentile (spring 74th, summer 44th, fall 54th)
  • Oklahoma: 43rd percentile (spring 53rd, summer 63rd, fall 45th)
  • Central Great Plains: 48th percentile (spring 86th, summer 32nd, fall 54th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Feb 16 — Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Main flow: Mar 1 to Jun 15 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Fall flow: Jul 1 to Aug 31 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Garden flowers
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 66 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi N, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Alfalfa: about 28 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi SE, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Alfalfa: about 50 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.3 mi NE, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Peas: about 9 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi NE, blooms early Apr – late May
  • Corn: about 6 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi SW, blooms early Jun – early Jul
  • Corn: about 6 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi SE, blooms early Jun – early Jul

What the honey would be made of

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