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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 38.9130, -101.1740

Estimated forage here is better than about 37% of sites in Kansas. Against other Kansas sites it stands out most in fall (80th percentile) and lowest in summer (16th). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 0.4 mi N, grown 2 of the last 5 years); sorghum (nearest 0.7 mi NW, grown 1 of the last 5 years); millet (nearest 0.9 mi SE, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.13 mi S.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 50th percentile (spring 58th, summer 61st, fall 73rd)
  • Kansas: 37th percentile (spring 67th, summer 16th, fall 80th)
  • Central Great Plains: 48th percentile (spring 67th, summer 45th, fall 85th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 1 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Dandelion, Native wildflowers
  • Main flow: Mar 16 to Aug 15 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Native wildflowers, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster)
  • Fall flow: Sep 1 to Sep 15 — Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 3,328 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi E, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Corn: about 137 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi N, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Corn: about 2,097 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.7 mi NW, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Corn: about 139 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.5 mi E, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Sorghum: about 693 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.7 mi NW, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Sorghum: about 28 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi NW, blooms late Jun – late Jul

What the honey would be made of

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