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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 39.1848, -94.6066

Estimated forage here is better than about 48% of sites in Missouri. Against other Missouri sites it stands out most in spring (92nd percentile) and lowest in summer (41st). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 1.4 mi S, grown 2 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 1.3 mi S, grown 2 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away. 2 things to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 81st percentile (spring 95th, summer 67th, fall 56th)
  • Missouri: 48th percentile (spring 92nd, summer 41st, fall 71st)
  • Western Corn Belt Plains: 5th percentile (spring 100th, summer 0th, fall 76th)

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: Mar 16 to Jun 30 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Fall flow: Jul 16 to Aug 31 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Garden flowers
  • Season ends: Sep 30

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 107 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.7 mi S, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 438 acres in a typical year, nearest 3.1 mi W, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 60 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.4 mi SW, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 21 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.8 mi SW, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Corn: about 17 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.7 mi S, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Corn: about 7 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.3 mi S, blooms late Jun – late Jul

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Garden flowers; extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Garden flowers, Summer-flowering shrubs; extra light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Garden flowers, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster); light amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Garden flowers, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar); extra light amber

Things to watch

  • Heavily developed. About 81% of the land within a mile is developed. Less room for forage, and more neighbors near the hives.
  • Near a FEMA high-risk flood zone. A mapped high-risk flood zone (AE) is within about 300 m. Check FEMA's map for the exact spot.

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.