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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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Forage report for 38.0074, -95.5545

Estimated forage here is better than about 100% of sites in Kansas. Against other Kansas sites it stands out most in summer (95th percentile) and lowest in fall (13th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.2 mi SE, grown 4 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.3 mi E, grown 3 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 97th percentile (spring 74th, summer 94th, fall 19th)
  • Kansas: 100th percentile (spring 86th, summer 95th, fall 13th)
  • Central Irregular Plains: 97th percentile (spring 44th, summer 89th, fall 21st)

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, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: Jun 1 to Jul 31 — Soybeans
  • Season ends: Aug 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 1,319 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi E, blooms late May – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 871 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi SW, blooms late May – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 1,156 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi N, blooms late May – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 161 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi W, blooms late May – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 238 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi SE, blooms late May – early Aug
  • Corn: about 403 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi N, blooms early Jun – early Jul

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