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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 38.1014, -97.9918

Estimated forage here is better than about 71% of sites in Kansas. Against other Kansas sites it stands out most in spring (82nd percentile) and lowest in fall (35th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.3 mi NE, grown 1 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.3 mi W, grown 1 of the last 5 years); sorghum (nearest 0.3 mi E, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, 0.14 mi W.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 80th percentile (spring 68th, summer 84th, fall 39th)
  • Kansas: 71st percentile (spring 82nd, summer 71st, fall 35th)
  • Central Great Plains: 83rd percentile (spring 81st, summer 76th, fall 38th)

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, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Main flow: Jun 1 to Jul 31 — Soybeans
  • Season ends: Sep 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 46 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi NE, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Corn: about 317 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi N, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 133 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi SW, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Corn: about 125 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi NW, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 64 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi E, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 128 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi N, 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); light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Soybeans, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Alfalfa, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster); extra light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Garden flowers, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Dandelion; amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Soybeans, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red; 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.