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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 38.7407, -97.5969

Estimated forage here is better than about 82% of sites in Kansas. Against other Kansas sites it stands out most in summer (92nd percentile) and lowest in fall (11th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (right here, grown 3 of the last 5 years); corn (right here, grown 1 of the last 5 years); alfalfa (nearest 0.2 mi SE, grown 4 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.18 mi SE.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 87th percentile (spring 34th, summer 92nd, fall 16th)
  • Kansas: 82nd percentile (spring 13th, summer 92nd, fall 11th)
  • Central Great Plains: 90th percentile (spring 19th, summer 90th, fall 20th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 16 — Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: Jun 1 to Jul 31 — Soybeans, Alfalfa
  • Season ends: Aug 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 272 acres in a typical year, nearest 0 mi , blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 112 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi S, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 265 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi N, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 65 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi NE, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Corn: about 129 acres in a typical year, nearest 0 mi , blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Alfalfa: about 65 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi SE, blooms late May – early Aug

What the honey would be made of

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