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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 38.5321, -93.5244

Estimated forage here is better than about 58% of sites in Missouri. Against other Missouri sites it stands out most in spring (92nd percentile) and lowest in summer (48th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.7 mi N, grown 3 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.7 mi N, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, 0.32 mi NE.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 85th percentile (spring 95th, summer 75th, fall 51st)
  • Missouri: 58th percentile (spring 92nd, summer 48th, fall 59th)
  • Central Irregular Plains: 34th percentile (spring 88th, summer 18th, fall 75th)

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
  • 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: Sep 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 2,410 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.9 mi NE, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 39 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi N, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 11 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi NW, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 29 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.3 mi SE, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 194 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.7 mi E, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Corn: about 12 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi N, blooms late Jun – late Jul

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Soybeans; extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Soybeans, Garden flowers; 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): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Soybeans, Garden flowers; 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.