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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 38.6713, -91.5605

Estimated forage here is better than about 41% of sites in Missouri. Against other Missouri sites it stands out most in summer (60th percentile) and lowest in spring (19th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.1 mi SW, grown 3 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.1 mi SW, grown 3 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, 0.2 mi S.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 78th percentile (spring 60th, summer 85th, fall 38th)
  • Missouri: 41st percentile (spring 19th, summer 60th, fall 34th)
  • Interior River Valleys and Hills: 17th percentile (spring 52nd, summer 27th, fall 74th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Feb 16 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Dandelion
  • Main flow: Jun 1 to Jul 31 — Soybeans
  • Season ends: Sep 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 3,032 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi NE, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 323 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi SW, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Corn: about 2,166 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi NE, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Corn: about 275 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi SW, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 29 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi N, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 512 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.4 mi W, blooms early Jun – early Aug

What the honey would be made of

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