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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 37.1006, -89.5578

Estimated forage here is better than about 83% of sites in Missouri. Against other Missouri sites it stands out most in summer (75th percentile) and lowest in fall (8th). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (right here, grown 3 of the last 5 years); soybeans (nearest 0.3 mi N, grown 3 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 92nd percentile (spring 77th, summer 90th, fall 15th)
  • Missouri: 83rd percentile (spring 45th, summer 75th, fall 8th)
  • Interior River Valleys and Hills: 66th percentile (spring 77th, summer 47th, fall 25th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 1 — Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: May 16 to Jul 31 — Soybeans
  • Season ends: Aug 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 1,801 acres in a typical year, nearest 0 mi , blooms early Jun – early Jul
  • Soybeans: about 252 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi N, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Corn: about 2,268 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi S, blooms early Jun – early Jul
  • Soybeans: about 2,273 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi E, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 749 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi S, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Corn: about 119 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi E, blooms early Jun – early Jul

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Soybeans, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion; extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Soybeans, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion; extra light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Garden flowers, Cotton; amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Soybeans, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion; 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.