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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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Forage report for 37.8742, -89.9503

Estimated forage here is better than about 58% of sites in Missouri. Against other Missouri sites it stands out most in spring (65th percentile) and lowest in fall (30th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.4 mi NW, grown 3 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.4 mi NW, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.21 mi NW.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 85th percentile (spring 84th, summer 83rd, fall 36th)
  • Missouri: 58th percentile (spring 65th, summer 58th, fall 30th)
  • Interior River Valleys and Hills: 31st percentile (spring 87th, summer 24th, fall 70th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Feb 16 — Dandelion, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar)
  • Main flow: Apr 1 to Jul 31 — Soybeans, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Season ends: Sep 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 3,338 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi NE, blooms late May – early Aug
  • Corn: about 2,328 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi NE, blooms early Jun – early Jul
  • Soybeans: about 422 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi N, blooms late May – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 36 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi NW, blooms late May – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 23 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi E, blooms late May – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 65 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi E, blooms late May – early Aug

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Soybeans, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar); light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Soybeans, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster); light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Garden flowers, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion; amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Soybeans, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar); light amber

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.