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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 38.8635, -92.3144

Estimated forage here is better than about 27% of sites in Missouri. Against other Missouri sites it stands out most in spring (80th percentile) and lowest in summer (24th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 1.3 mi NE, grown 3 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 1.5 mi NE, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: pond, lake or river, less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 71st percentile (spring 90th, summer 53rd, fall 54th)
  • Missouri: 27th percentile (spring 80th, summer 24th, fall 66th)
  • Interior River Valleys and Hills: 8th percentile (spring 94th, summer 5th, fall 96th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Feb 1 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Dandelion
  • Main flow: Mar 16 to Jun 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar)
  • Fall flow: Jul 1 to Jul 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster)
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 159 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.3 mi NE, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 13 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.9 mi SW, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 8 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.6 mi NE, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Corn: about 21 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.2 mi NE, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Corn: about 10 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.7 mi E, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Corn: about 10 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.9 mi SW, blooms late Jun – late Jul

What the honey would be made of

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