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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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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 38.0884, -92.2956

Estimated forage here is better than about 40% of sites in Missouri. Against other Missouri sites it stands out most in spring (91st percentile) and lowest in summer (34th). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 2.5 mi SE, grown 2 of the last 5 years); soybeans (nearest 2.7 mi NE, grown 1 of the last 5 years); alfalfa (nearest 2.7 mi NE, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.13 mi SE.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 78th percentile (spring 95th, summer 60th, fall 51st)
  • Missouri: 40th percentile (spring 91st, summer 34th, fall 59th)
  • Ozark Highlands: 77th percentile (spring 78th, summer 77th, fall 38th)

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, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: Mar 16 to Jun 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Fall flow: Jul 1 to Aug 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster)
  • Season ends: Sep 30

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 11 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.5 mi SE, blooms early Jun – early Jul
  • Corn: about 13 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.7 mi S, blooms early Jun – early Jul
  • Soybeans: about 9 acres in a typical year, nearest 3.4 mi NE, blooms late May – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 3 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.7 mi NE, blooms late May – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 5 acres in a typical year, nearest 3.1 mi SE, blooms late May – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 1 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.8 mi S, blooms late May – early Aug

What the honey would be made of

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