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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 36.6720, -97.0334

Estimated forage here is better than about 90% of sites in Oklahoma. Against other Oklahoma sites it stands out most in summer (92nd percentile) and lowest in fall (58th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.9 mi W, grown 2 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 2.3 mi SW, grown 1 of the last 5 years); alfalfa (nearest 1.6 mi E, grown 2 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, 0.16 mi NE.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 81st percentile (spring 94th, summer 66th, fall 63rd)
  • Oklahoma: 90th percentile (spring 83rd, summer 92nd, fall 58th)
  • Central Great Plains: 83rd percentile (spring 100th, summer 51st, fall 70th)

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

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 134 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi W, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 34 acres in a typical year, nearest 2 mi E, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Corn: about 139 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.3 mi SW, blooms early Jun – early Jul
  • Soybeans: about 20 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.1 mi W, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 45 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.5 mi W, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 42 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.5 mi SW, blooms late May – late Jul

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), Soybeans; extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Soybeans, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard); 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, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), 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.