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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 36.5056, -101.7871

Estimated forage here is better than about 68% of sites in Oklahoma. Against other Oklahoma sites it stands out most in summer (87th percentile) and lowest in spring (62nd). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 0.8 mi SE, grown 2 of the last 5 years); sorghum (nearest 0.5 mi N, grown 1 of the last 5 years); cotton (nearest 0.5 mi N, grown 2 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: pond, lake or river, 0.38 mi W. 1 thing to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 66th percentile (spring 80th, summer 59th, fall 71st)
  • Oklahoma: 68th percentile (spring 62nd, summer 87th, fall 67th)
  • High Plains: 87th percentile (spring 98th, summer 37th, fall 66th)

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

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 86 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi SE, blooms early Jun – early Jul
  • Corn: about 118 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi NE, blooms early Jun – early Jul
  • Corn: about 348 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.7 mi SE, blooms early Jun – early Jul
  • Sorghum: about 52 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi E, blooms early Jun – early Jul
  • Sorghum: about 51 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi SE, blooms early Jun – early Jul
  • Cotton: about 14 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi N, blooms late Jul – early Sep

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), Native wildflowers; extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red; light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Cotton, 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

  • 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.