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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 38.4812, -94.3509

Estimated forage here is better than about 84% of sites in Missouri. Against other Missouri sites it stands out most in summer (72nd percentile) and lowest in fall (30th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.3 mi SW, grown 3 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.3 mi SW, 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: 92nd percentile (spring 85th, summer 89th, fall 35th)
  • Missouri: 84th percentile (spring 67th, summer 72nd, fall 30th)
  • Central Irregular Plains: 81st percentile (spring 68th, summer 65th, fall 45th)

Percentile among 3,000 random land points across Missouri, scored the same way; land in general, not beekeepers' yards.

Season

  • First forage: Mar 1 — Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: Jun 1 to Jul 31 — Soybeans, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Season ends: Sep 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 127 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi SW, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 354 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi NE, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 148 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi NW, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 416 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi NW, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Corn: about 344 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi N, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 212 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi NE, blooms early Jun – early Aug

What the honey would be made of

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