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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 37.6337, -97.2584

Estimated forage here is better than about 57% of sites in Kansas. Against other Kansas sites it stands out most in spring (88th percentile) and lowest in summer (20th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.8 mi E, grown 2 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.8 mi E, grown 3 of the last 5 years); cotton (nearest 1.5 mi S, grown 3 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.38 mi SE. 2 things to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 66th percentile (spring 78th, summer 63rd, fall 59th)
  • Kansas: 57th percentile (spring 88th, summer 20th, fall 60th)
  • Central Great Plains: 72nd percentile (spring 90th, summer 47th, fall 62nd)

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: Mar 16 to Jul 31 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Fall flow: Aug 16 to Aug 31 — Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Garden flowers
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 36 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi SE, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 19 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi E, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Corn: about 30 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi E, blooms early Jun – early Jul
  • Cotton: about 115 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.8 mi E, blooms late Jul – early Sep
  • Soybeans: about 19 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.5 mi E, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Sorghum: about 79 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.8 mi E, blooms early Jun – early Jul

What the honey would be made of

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

Things to watch

  • Heavily developed. About 86% 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.

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.