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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 38.0898, -96.8892

Estimated forage here is better than about 88% of sites in Kansas. Against other Kansas sites it stands out most in summer (89th percentile) and lowest in spring and fall (60th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.1 mi S, grown 1 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.3 mi NW, grown 3 of the last 5 years); alfalfa (nearest 0.1 mi SW, grown 4 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, 0.1 mi W.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 89th percentile (spring 55th, summer 91st, fall 58th)
  • Kansas: 88th percentile (spring 60th, summer 89th, fall 60th)
  • Flint Hills: 94th percentile (spring 18th, summer 93rd, fall 10th)

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, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: Jun 1 to Jul 31 — Soybeans
  • Season ends: Sep 30

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 173 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi SE, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Corn: about 331 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi W, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Corn: about 210 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi SE, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 92 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi W, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Corn: about 1,003 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi W, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 280 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi NW, blooms early Jun – early Aug

What the honey would be made of

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