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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 39.1429, -93.9855

Estimated forage here is better than about 92% of sites in Missouri. Against other Missouri sites it stands out most in summer (95th percentile) and lowest in spring (3rd). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (right here); corn (right here, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: open water, 0.23 mi NE.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 96th percentile (spring 26th, summer 98th, fall 13th)
  • Missouri: 92nd percentile (spring 3rd, summer 95th, fall 7th)
  • Western Corn Belt Plains: 86th percentile (spring 59th, summer 75th, fall 19th)

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

Season

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

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 1,479 acres in a typical year, nearest 0 mi , blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 5,112 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi NE, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Corn: about 2,044 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi NE, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 449 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi SW, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 245 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi SE, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Corn: about 207 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi W, blooms late Jun – late Jul

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Soybeans, Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard); light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Soybeans
  • 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; 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.