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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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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 37.6890, -96.7842

Estimated forage here is better than about 68% of sites in Kansas. Against other Kansas sites it stands out most in spring and fall (90th percentile) and lowest in summer (40th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.3 mi S, grown 2 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.3 mi S, 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: 78th percentile (spring 82nd, summer 71st, fall 83rd)
  • Kansas: 68th percentile (spring 90th, summer 40th, fall 90th)
  • Flint Hills: 68th percentile (spring 94th, summer 49th, fall 40th)

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

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 106 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi E, blooms late May – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 18 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi E, blooms late May – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 59 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi S, blooms late May – early Aug
  • Corn: about 109 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi S, blooms early Jun – early Jul
  • Soybeans: about 22 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi E, blooms late May – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 11 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi S, blooms late May – early Aug

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