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Forage report for 39.1009, -91.6481

Estimated forage here is better than about 97% of sites in Missouri. Against other Missouri sites it stands out most in summer (94th percentile) and lowest in spring (13th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.2 mi S, grown 3 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.2 mi S, grown 2 of the last 5 years); clover and wildflowers (nearest 1.9 mi NE, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.12 mi S.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 98th percentile (spring 51st, summer 97th, fall 20th)
  • Missouri: 97th percentile (spring 13th, summer 94th, fall 14th)
  • Central Irregular Plains: 98th percentile (spring 11th, summer 96th, fall 24th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 16 — Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: Jun 1 to Jul 31 — Soybeans
  • Season ends: Aug 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 11,672 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi S, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Corn: about 5,732 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi S, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Corn: about 45 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi E, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Corn: about 276 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi W, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Corn: about 138 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi SW, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 11 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi W, blooms early Jun – early Aug

What the honey would be made of

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

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.