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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 39.1722, -97.3289

Estimated forage here is better than about 68% of sites in Kansas. Against other Kansas sites it stands out most in fall (89th percentile) and lowest in summer (63rd). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.2 mi E, grown 4 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.9 mi SE, grown 2 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, 0.11 mi NE.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 77th percentile (spring 64th, summer 80th, fall 82nd)
  • Kansas: 68th percentile (spring 77th, summer 63rd, fall 89th)
  • Central Great Plains: 79th percentile (spring 76th, summer 70th, fall 95th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 1 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Dandelion, Native wildflowers
  • Main flow: Jun 1 to Aug 15 — Soybeans, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster)
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 326 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi NE, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 1,012 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.8 mi N, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 16 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi E, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 9 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi N, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 24 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi S, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 30 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi SE, blooms early Jun – early Aug

What the honey would be made of

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