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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 37.1822, -89.6619

Estimated forage here is better than about 94% of sites in Missouri. Against other Missouri sites it stands out most in summer (82nd percentile) and lowest in fall (20th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.3 mi NE, grown 2 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.3 mi N, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: pond, lake or river, 0.31 mi W.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 97th percentile (spring 82nd, summer 92nd, fall 26th)
  • Missouri: 94th percentile (spring 59th, summer 82nd, fall 20th)
  • Interior River Valleys and Hills: 90th percentile (spring 85th, summer 59th, fall 53rd)

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

  • Soybeans: about 13,024 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi NE, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Corn: about 2,335 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi W, blooms early Jun – early Jul
  • Corn: about 1,299 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi N, blooms early Jun – early Jul
  • Corn: about 1,996 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.5 mi NW, blooms early Jun – early Jul
  • Corn: about 36 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi NW, blooms early Jun – early Jul
  • Soybeans: about 371 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.4 mi SE, blooms late May – late Jul

What the honey would be made of

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