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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 38.5765, -96.3679

Estimated forage here is better than about 93% of sites in Kansas. Against other Kansas sites it stands out most in summer (89th percentile) and lowest in fall (70th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.1 mi NW, grown 2 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.1 mi NW, grown 1 of the last 5 years); sorghum (nearest 0.1 mi NW, grown 2 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 92nd percentile (spring 62nd, summer 91st, fall 65th)
  • Kansas: 93rd percentile (spring 75th, summer 89th, fall 70th)
  • Flint Hills: 97th percentile (spring 51st, summer 93rd, fall 16th)

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), Early trees (maple, willow, poplar)
  • Main flow: Jun 1 to Jul 31 — Soybeans
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 986 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi S, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 1,378 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi W, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Corn: about 167 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi S, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 46 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi W, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 39 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi NW, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 28 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi E, blooms early Jun – early Aug

What the honey would be made of

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