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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 37.3488, -95.4046

Estimated forage here is better than about 94% of sites in Kansas. Against other Kansas sites it stands out most in spring (96th percentile) and lowest in fall (9th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.3 mi E, grown 4 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.1 mi E, grown 3 of the last 5 years); sorghum (nearest 0.3 mi E, 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: 92nd percentile (spring 92nd, summer 88th, fall 14th)
  • Kansas: 94th percentile (spring 96th, summer 80th, fall 9th)
  • Central Irregular Plains: 81st percentile (spring 81st, summer 57th, fall 14th)

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: May 16 to Jul 31 — Soybeans, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Season ends: Aug 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 41 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi E, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 267 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi NW, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 66 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi NW, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Corn: about 97 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi N, blooms early Jun – early Jul
  • Soybeans: about 29 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi S, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 49 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi N, blooms late May – late Jul

What the honey would be made of

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