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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 37.9796, -90.3303

Estimated forage here is better than about 13% of sites in Missouri. Against other Missouri sites it stands out most in fall (68th percentile) and lowest in summer (15th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 1.3 mi NE, grown 3 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 1.9 mi S, grown 2 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: pond, lake or river, less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 56th percentile (spring 81st, summer 43rd, fall 55th)
  • Missouri: 13th percentile (spring 55th, summer 15th, fall 68th)
  • Ozark Highlands: 28th percentile (spring 27th, summer 39th, fall 51st)

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

Season

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

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 16 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.7 mi N, blooms late May – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 11 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.7 mi E, blooms late May – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 19 acres in a typical year, nearest 2 mi SW, blooms late May – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 22 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.9 mi E, blooms late May – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 11 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.9 mi S, blooms late May – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 3 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.3 mi NE, blooms late May – early Aug

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Summer-flowering shrubs; extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard); 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): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Early trees (maple, willow, poplar); 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.