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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 37.0238, -94.4738

Estimated forage here is better than about 30% of sites in Missouri. Against other Missouri sites it stands out most in spring (84th percentile) and lowest in summer (23rd). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.8 mi SW, grown 2 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.7 mi SW, grown 3 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.19 mi E.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 73rd percentile (spring 93rd, summer 51st, fall 54th)
  • Missouri: 30th percentile (spring 84th, summer 23rd, fall 65th)
  • Ozark Highlands: 61st percentile (spring 68th, summer 57th, fall 46th)

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

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 7 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi SW, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Corn: about 10 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi SW, blooms early Jun – early Jul
  • Corn: about 3 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi SW, blooms early Jun – early Jul
  • Soybeans: about 1 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi S, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Corn: about 3 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi S, blooms early Jun – early Jul
  • Soybeans: about 3 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.7 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), Early trees (maple, willow, poplar); extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Dandelion, 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); 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.