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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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Forage report for 36.5319, -95.0306

Estimated forage here is better than about 95% of sites in Oklahoma. Against other Oklahoma sites it stands out most in spring (95th percentile) and lowest in fall (6th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.2 mi NW, grown 2 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.2 mi NW, grown 2 of the last 5 years); sorghum (nearest 0.5 mi NW, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: open water, less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 85th percentile (spring 97th, summer 63rd, fall 12th)
  • Oklahoma: 95th percentile (spring 95th, summer 90th, fall 6th)
  • Ozark Highlands: 95th percentile (spring 97th, summer 84th, fall 1st)

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, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: Mar 1 to Jun 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Fall flow: Jul 1 to Jul 31 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Soybeans
  • Season ends: Aug 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 35 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi NW, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Corn: about 33 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi NW, blooms early Jun – early Jul
  • Soybeans: about 25 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi S, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 20 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi W, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 5 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi N, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 6 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi NW, blooms late May – late Jul

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Soybeans; extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Soybeans; extra 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, Soybeans; 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.