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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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Forage report for 37.5480, -99.6346

Estimated forage here is better than about 51% of sites in Kansas. Against other Kansas sites it stands out most in spring (80th percentile) and lowest in summer (34th). Biggest nearby bee crops: sorghum (nearest 0.3 mi W, grown 3 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.4 mi NW, grown 2 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.14 mi W.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 60th percentile (spring 66th, summer 69th, fall 44th)
  • Kansas: 51st percentile (spring 80th, summer 34th, fall 42nd)
  • Central Great Plains: 65th percentile (spring 79th, summer 56th, fall 43rd)

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, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Main flow: Apr 1 to Jul 15 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Season ends: Sep 30

Bee crops nearby

  • Sorghum: about 165 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi W, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Sorghum: about 262 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi NW, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Sorghum: about 446 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi N, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Sorghum: about 444 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi NE, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Corn: about 201 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi NW, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Corn: about 65 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi N, blooms late Jun – late Jul

What the honey would be made of

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