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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 37.7306, -99.9359

Estimated forage here is better than about 56% of sites in Kansas. Against other Kansas sites it stands out most in spring (86th percentile) and lowest in summer (26th). Biggest nearby bee crops: sorghum (nearest 0.4 mi E, grown 1 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.3 mi W, grown 1 of the last 5 years); alfalfa (nearest 1.0 mi S, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, 0.1 mi S.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 65th percentile (spring 75th, summer 66th, fall 55th)
  • Kansas: 56th percentile (spring 86th, summer 26th, fall 55th)
  • Central Great Plains: 71st percentile (spring 87th, summer 51st, fall 56th)

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

Season

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

Bee crops nearby

  • Sorghum: about 1,329 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi N, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Corn: about 103 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi E, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Sorghum: about 157 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi S, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Corn: about 28 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi W, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Corn: about 112 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi E, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Sorghum: about 201 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.4 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, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar); extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Alfalfa, Clovers: white, alsike and red; extra light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Garden flowers, Clovers: white, alsike and red; 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.