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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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Forage report for 37.5502, -92.5940

Estimated forage here is better than about 21% of sites in Missouri. Against other Missouri sites it stands out most in fall (93rd percentile) and lowest in summer (23rd). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 2.7 mi W, grown 4 of the last 5 years); sorghum (nearest 2.4 mi SE, grown 1 of the last 5 years); alfalfa (nearest 3.5 mi NW, grown 2 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: 65th percentile (spring 84th, summer 51st, fall 63rd)
  • Missouri: 21st percentile (spring 65th, summer 23rd, fall 93rd)
  • Ozark Highlands: 45th percentile (spring 39th, summer 58th, fall 89th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Feb 16 — Dandelion, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Main flow: Mar 16 to Jun 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Dandelion
  • Fall flow: Jul 1 to Aug 31 — Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 22 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.7 mi W, blooms early Jun – early Jul
  • Sorghum: about 3 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.4 mi SE, blooms early Jun – early Jul
  • Corn: about 6 acres in a typical year, nearest 3.1 mi W, blooms early Jun – early Jul
  • Sorghum: about 2 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.4 mi W, blooms early Jun – early Jul
  • Corn: about 3 acres in a typical year, nearest 3 mi W, blooms early Jun – early Jul
  • Sorghum: about 1 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.6 mi W, blooms early Jun – early Jul

What the honey would be made of

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