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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 38.5665, -96.9674

Estimated forage here is better than about 77% of sites in Kansas. Against other Kansas sites it stands out most in summer (84th percentile) and lowest in spring (47th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.2 mi S, grown 2 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.3 mi E, grown 4 of the last 5 years); sunflower (nearest 1.2 mi NE, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, 0.16 mi N.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 84th percentile (spring 50th, summer 89th, fall 53rd)
  • Kansas: 77th percentile (spring 47th, summer 84th, fall 52nd)
  • Flint Hills: 84th percentile (spring 12th, summer 88th, fall 7th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 1 — Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Main flow: Jun 1 to Jul 31 — Soybeans
  • Season ends: Sep 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 306 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi S, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Corn: about 206 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi E, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 76 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi E, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 80 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi N, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Corn: about 419 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi E, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Corn: about 96 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi NE, blooms late Jun – late Jul

What the honey would be made of

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