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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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Forage report for 37.6626, -94.9700

Estimated forage here is better than about 98% of sites in Kansas. Against other Kansas sites it stands out most in spring (91st percentile) and lowest in fall (2nd). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.3 mi SW, grown 3 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.3 mi W, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: pond, lake or river, 0.16 mi SW.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 95th percentile (spring 83rd, summer 91st, fall 7th)
  • Kansas: 98th percentile (spring 91st, summer 90th, fall 2nd)
  • Central Irregular Plains: 92nd percentile (spring 64th, summer 79th, fall 5th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 1 — Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: May 16 to Jul 31 — Soybeans
  • Season ends: Aug 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 871 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi SW, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 1,999 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi E, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Corn: about 398 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi E, blooms early Jun – early Jul
  • Corn: about 499 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi W, blooms early Jun – early Jul
  • Soybeans: about 442 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.5 mi W, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Corn: about 77 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi W, blooms early Jun – early Jul

What the honey would be made of

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