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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 37.9204, -95.5378

Estimated forage here is better than about 100% of sites in Kansas. Against other Kansas sites it stands out most in summer (96th percentile) and lowest in fall (12th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.1 mi S, grown 3 of the last 5 years); corn (right here, grown 2 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: pond, lake or river, less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 97th percentile (spring 66th, summer 95th, fall 18th)
  • Kansas: 100th percentile (spring 80th, summer 96th, fall 12th)
  • Central Irregular Plains: 96th percentile (spring 29th, summer 91st, fall 20th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 1 — Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: Jun 1 to Jul 31 — Soybeans
  • Season ends: Aug 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 1,078 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi S, blooms late May – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 203 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi N, blooms late May – early Aug
  • Corn: about 340 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi N, blooms early Jun – early Jul
  • Soybeans: about 1,056 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi NW, blooms late May – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 33 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi NE, blooms late May – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 59 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi N, blooms late May – early Aug

What the honey would be made of

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