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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 38.1713, -95.2913

Estimated forage here is better than about 84% of sites in Kansas. Against other Kansas sites it stands out most in spring (97th percentile) and lowest in fall (61st). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.3 mi NW, grown 1 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.5 mi NW, grown 2 of the last 5 years); sorghum (nearest 0.3 mi NW, grown 2 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 87th percentile (spring 94th, summer 80th, fall 59th)
  • Kansas: 84th percentile (spring 97th, summer 64th, fall 61st)
  • Central Irregular Plains: 51st percentile (spring 84th, summer 30th, fall 90th)

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: Mar 16 to Jul 31 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Soybeans, Dandelion
  • Fall flow: Aug 16 to Aug 31 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster)
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 105 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi NW, blooms late May – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 86 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi W, blooms late May – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 54 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi NW, blooms late May – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 221 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi SW, blooms late May – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 503 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.2 mi SW, blooms late May – early Aug
  • Corn: about 44 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi W, blooms late Jun – late Jul

What the honey would be made of

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