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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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Forage report for 38.0166, -94.8845

Estimated forage here is better than about 94% of sites in Kansas. Against other Kansas sites it stands out most in spring (97th percentile) and lowest in fall (21st). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.3 mi S, grown 3 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.8 mi SE, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: pond, lake or river, 0.17 mi NW.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 93rd percentile (spring 94th, summer 87th, fall 26th)
  • Kansas: 94th percentile (spring 97th, summer 79th, fall 21st)
  • Central Irregular Plains: 82nd percentile (spring 84th, summer 55th, fall 32nd)

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, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: Apr 1 to Jul 31 — Soybeans, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Season ends: Sep 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 127 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi W, blooms late May – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 83 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi S, blooms late May – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 322 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi NE, blooms late May – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 252 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi SE, blooms late May – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 155 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi S, blooms late May – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 65 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi NW, blooms late May – early Aug

What the honey would be made of

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