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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 37.7986, -95.9513

Estimated forage here is better than about 71% of sites in Kansas. Against other Kansas sites it stands out most in spring (97th percentile) and lowest in summer (22nd). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.7 mi N, grown 2 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 1.0 mi E, grown 1 of the last 5 years); sorghum (nearest 0.9 mi N, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.15 mi NW.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 80th percentile (spring 94th, summer 64th, fall 63rd)
  • Kansas: 71st percentile (spring 97th, summer 22nd, fall 67th)
  • Flint Hills: 72nd percentile (spring 99th, summer 36th, fall 14th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Feb 1 — Dandelion, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Main flow: Mar 16 to Jun 30 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Fall flow: Jul 16 to Aug 15 — Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 46 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi W, blooms late May – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 57 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi NW, blooms late May – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 87 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.5 mi NW, blooms late May – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 21 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi E, blooms late May – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 10 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi E, blooms late May – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 60 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.9 mi W, blooms late May – early Aug

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