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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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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 37.8342, -96.0803

Estimated forage here is better than about 71% of sites in Kansas. Against other Kansas sites it stands out most in fall (90th percentile) and lowest in summer (52nd). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.3 mi NW, grown 3 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.3 mi W, grown 2 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: 80th percentile (spring 80th, summer 76th, fall 82nd)
  • Kansas: 71st percentile (spring 89th, summer 52nd, fall 90th)
  • Flint Hills: 73rd percentile (spring 93rd, summer 58th, fall 38th)

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

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 108 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi SE, blooms late May – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 48 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi NW, blooms late May – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 30 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi S, blooms late May – early Aug
  • Corn: about 75 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi SE, blooms early Jun – early Jul
  • Soybeans: about 20 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi S, blooms late May – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 14 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 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, Soybeans, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard); extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Soybeans, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red; light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster); amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Soybeans, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard); light amber

Things to watch

  • No digital FEMA flood map here. FEMA has no digital flood map for this area. Ask the county, and look for low ground near creeks before placing hives.

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.