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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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Forage report for 36.8626, -101.2165

Estimated forage here is better than about 74% of sites in Oklahoma. Against other Oklahoma sites it stands out most in summer (92nd percentile) and lowest in fall (29th). Biggest nearby bee crops: sorghum (nearest 0.5 mi S, grown 1 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.6 mi N, grown 3 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: open water, 0.25 mi N.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 70th percentile (spring 84th, summer 66th, fall 40th)
  • Oklahoma: 74th percentile (spring 69th, summer 92nd, fall 29th)
  • High Plains: 90th percentile (spring 99th, summer 51st, fall 30th)

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 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Fall flow: Aug 1 to Aug 15 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Season ends: Sep 30

Bee crops nearby

  • Sorghum: about 143 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi W, blooms early Jun – early Jul
  • Sorghum: about 278 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi E, blooms early Jun – early Jul
  • Corn: about 72 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi N, blooms early Jun – early Jul
  • Sorghum: about 242 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi N, blooms early Jun – early Jul
  • Sorghum: about 65 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi SE, blooms early Jun – early Jul
  • Sorghum: about 57 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi NE, blooms early Jun – early 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); extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Garden flowers; extra light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Garden flowers, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Dandelion; light amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Garden flowers; extra light amber

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.