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 36.6488, -93.4256

Estimated forage here is better than about 17% of sites in Missouri. Against other Missouri sites it stands out most in spring (73rd percentile) and lowest in summer (13th). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.29 mi W.

Ranking

Continental US: 62nd percentile (spring 88th, summer 40th, fall 52nd)
Missouri: 17th percentile (spring 73rd, summer 13th, fall 61st)
Ozark Highlands: 38th percentile (spring 51st, summer 33rd, fall 42nd)

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

Season

First forage: Feb 1 — Dandelion, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar)
Main flow: Mar 16 to May 31 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar)
Season ends: Oct 31

What the honey would be made of

Spring honey (March to June): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Summer-flowering shrubs; light amber
Summer honey (July and August): Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Garden flowers; 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, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Early trees (maple, willow, poplar); 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.