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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 37.3170, -90.0271

Estimated forage here is better than about 30% of sites in Missouri. Against other Missouri sites it stands out most in fall (80th percentile) and lowest in summer (33rd). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.1 mi NE, grown 3 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.1 mi E, grown 2 of the last 5 years); sorghum (nearest 0.4 mi SE, grown 1 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: 73rd percentile (spring 88th, summer 60th, fall 58th)
  • Missouri: 30th percentile (spring 74th, summer 33rd, fall 80th)
  • Ozark Highlands: 61st percentile (spring 52nd, summer 76th, fall 67th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Feb 1 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Dandelion
  • Main flow: Mar 16 to Jul 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Soybeans
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 26 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi SE, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 13 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi NE, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 36 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi NW, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Corn: about 17 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi SE, blooms early Jun – early Jul
  • Corn: about 9 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi E, blooms early Jun – early Jul
  • Soybeans: about 6 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi NW, blooms late May – late Jul

What the honey would be made of

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