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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 37.7965, -97.2669

Estimated forage here is better than about 70% of sites in Kansas. Against other Kansas sites it stands out most in spring (87th percentile) and lowest in summer (59th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.5 mi NE, grown 3 of the last 5 years); alfalfa (nearest 0.4 mi SE, grown 3 of the last 5 years); sorghum (nearest 0.4 mi SE, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.16 mi W.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 79th percentile (spring 77th, summer 78th, fall 63rd)
  • Kansas: 70th percentile (spring 87th, summer 59th, fall 67th)
  • Central Great Plains: 81st percentile (spring 88th, summer 69th, fall 68th)

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)
  • Main flow: Apr 1 to Jul 31 — Soybeans, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 40 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi NE, blooms late May – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 69 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.3 mi W, blooms late May – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 67 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi NW, blooms late May – early Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 28 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi SE, blooms late May – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 77 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.3 mi NW, blooms late May – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 336 acres in a typical year, nearest 2 mi N, blooms late May – early Aug

What the honey would be made of

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