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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 38.3672, -92.2150

Estimated forage here is better than about 32% of sites in Missouri. Against other Missouri sites it stands out most in spring (76th percentile) and lowest in summer (37th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.7 mi NE, grown 3 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.9 mi N, grown 4 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.13 mi E.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 74th percentile (spring 89th, summer 63rd, fall 54th)
  • Missouri: 32nd percentile (spring 76th, summer 37th, fall 65th)
  • Ozark Highlands: 65th percentile (spring 55th, summer 84th, fall 47th)

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, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: Mar 16 to Jun 30 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Fall flow: Jul 16 to Aug 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Soybeans, Dandelion
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 609 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.8 mi SW, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 188 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.7 mi SW, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 145 acres in a typical year, nearest 2 mi NE, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Corn: about 265 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.8 mi W, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 71 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.8 mi SW, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 99 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.1 mi NW, blooms early Jun – early Aug

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Soybeans; extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Soybeans, 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; amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Soybeans, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster); 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.