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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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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 37.2228, -89.7553

Estimated forage here is better than about 99% of sites in Missouri. Against other Missouri sites it stands out most in summer (98th percentile) and lowest in fall (5th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.1 mi N); corn (nearest 0.2 mi E, grown 3 of the last 5 years); cotton (nearest 1.1 mi E, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.23 mi W. 2 things to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 99th percentile (spring 65th, summer 99th, fall 10th)
  • Missouri: 99th percentile (spring 25th, summer 98th, fall 5th)
  • Mississippi Alluvial Plain: 89th percentile (spring 22nd, summer 98th, fall 46th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 16 — Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: Jun 1 to Jul 31 — Soybeans
  • Season ends: Jul 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 5,778 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi N, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 8,013 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi SE, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Corn: about 1,086 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi SE, blooms early Jun – early Jul
  • Corn: about 115 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi W, blooms early Jun – early Jul
  • Corn: about 78 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi E, blooms early Jun – early Jul
  • Corn: about 80 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi NW, blooms early Jun – early Jul

What the honey would be made of

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

Things to watch

  • Bee crops nearby that are often sprayed. Cotton: insecticides used on about 39% of surveyed US acres (2025). Figures are from USDA's Agricultural Chemical Use Survey, matched by crop type from the crop map. The survey counts any insecticide use in the crop year (not seed treatments) and doesn't say when; ask nearby growers about spray timing.
  • Near a FEMA high-risk flood zone. A mapped high-risk flood zone (A) is within about 300 m. Check FEMA's map for the exact spot.

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.