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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 38.9106, -92.4780

Estimated forage here is better than about 40% of sites in Missouri. Against other Missouri sites it stands out most in summer (56th percentile) and lowest in spring (29th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (right here, grown 3 of the last 5 years); corn (right here, grown 2 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 78th percentile (spring 69th, summer 81st, fall 38th)
  • Missouri: 40th percentile (spring 29th, summer 56th, fall 33rd)
  • Interior River Valleys and Hills: 16th percentile (spring 65th, summer 22nd, fall 73rd)

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

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 1,534 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi E, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 637 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi W, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Corn: about 1,240 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi W, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 27 acres in a typical year, nearest 0 mi , blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Corn: about 25 acres in a typical year, nearest 0 mi E, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 55 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 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), Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red; light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Soybeans, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster); light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard); amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Soybeans, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red; 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.