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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 37.2773, -97.4090

Estimated forage here is better than about 86% of sites in Kansas. Against other Kansas sites it stands out most in spring (94th percentile) and lowest in fall (56th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.2 mi W, grown 2 of the last 5 years); alfalfa (nearest 0.4 mi NW, grown 3 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.3 mi N, grown 3 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: open water, 0.28 mi NW. 2 things to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 88th percentile (spring 88th, summer 85th, fall 56th)
  • Kansas: 86th percentile (spring 94th, summer 72nd, fall 56th)
  • Central Great Plains: 92nd percentile (spring 99th, summer 77th, fall 57th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Feb 16 — Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: Apr 1 to Jul 31 — Soybeans, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Season ends: Sep 30

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 90 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi W, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 85 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi N, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Alfalfa: about 57 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi NW, blooms late May – early Aug
  • Corn: about 30 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi N, blooms early Jun – early Jul
  • Soybeans: about 74 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi SW, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 24 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi W, blooms late May – late Jul

What the honey would be made of

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

Things to watch

  • Heavily developed. About 64% of the land within a mile is developed. Less room for forage, and more neighbors near the hives.
  • 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.
  • Flood map not checked. FEMA's flood map service didn't answer. Check it directly.

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.