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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 38.9346, -92.7011

Estimated forage here is better than about 74% of sites in Missouri. Against other Missouri sites it stands out most in summer (74th percentile) and lowest in spring (26th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (right here, grown 2 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.2 mi SW, grown 2 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 89th percentile (spring 66th, summer 90th, fall 35th)
  • Missouri: 74th percentile (spring 26th, summer 74th, fall 29th)
  • Interior River Valleys and Hills: 52nd percentile (spring 62nd, summer 46th, fall 68th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 1 — Dandelion, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: Jun 1 to Jul 31 — Soybeans
  • Season ends: Sep 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 403 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi SE, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 187 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi E, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 33 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi N, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 47 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi W, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Corn: about 91 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi SW, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 52 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi NW, blooms early Jun – early Aug

What the honey would be made of

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