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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 38.9628, -93.4166

Estimated forage here is better than about 73% of sites in Missouri. Against other Missouri sites it stands out most in spring (73rd percentile) and lowest in fall (45th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.3 mi E); corn (nearest 0.6 mi NE, grown 3 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, 0.29 mi W.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 89th percentile (spring 88th, summer 86th, fall 45th)
  • Missouri: 73rd percentile (spring 73rd, summer 62nd, fall 45th)
  • Western Corn Belt Plains: 26th percentile (spring 99th, summer 6th, fall 61st)

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

Season

  • First forage: Feb 16 — Dandelion, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar)
  • Main flow: Jun 1 to Jul 31 — Soybeans, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Season ends: Sep 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 1,304 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi W, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 312 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi E, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 451 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi E, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 848 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.4 mi N, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 67 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi NE, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Corn: about 219 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi NE, blooms late Jun – late Jul

What the honey would be made of

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