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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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Forage report for 39.1265, -100.6310

Estimated forage here is better than about 51% of sites in Kansas. Against other Kansas sites it stands out most in spring (61st percentile) and lowest in fall (40th). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 0.2 mi E); sunflower (nearest 1.6 mi S, grown 1 of the last 5 years); sorghum (nearest 0.3 mi W, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.72 mi E.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 60th percentile (spring 55th, summer 76th, fall 43rd)
  • Kansas: 51st percentile (spring 61st, summer 54th, fall 40th)
  • High Plains: 82nd percentile (spring 75th, summer 78th, fall 33rd)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 1 — Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Main flow: Jun 16 to Jul 31 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Season ends: Sep 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 2,179 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi E, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Corn: about 1,901 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi W, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Corn: about 1,116 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi SE, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Corn: about 152 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi S, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Sunflower: about 48 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.6 mi S, blooms late Jun – early Aug
  • Sorghum: about 33 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi W, blooms late Jun – late Jul

What the honey would be made of

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