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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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Forage report for 39.2365, -98.3944

Estimated forage here is better than about 49% of sites in Kansas. Against other Kansas sites it stands out most in summer (59th percentile) and lowest in spring (36th). Biggest nearby bee crops: sorghum (nearest 0.1 mi N, grown 2 of the last 5 years); soybeans (nearest 0.1 mi E, grown 1 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.4 mi N, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 58th percentile (spring 45th, summer 78th, fall 52nd)
  • Kansas: 49th percentile (spring 36th, summer 59th, fall 51st)
  • Central Great Plains: 62nd percentile (spring 41st, summer 68th, fall 52nd)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 16 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Dandelion
  • Main flow: Jun 1 to Aug 15 — Soybeans, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Sorghum: about 86 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi N, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 31 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi E, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 41 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi SW, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 69 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi E, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Sorghum: about 104 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi SW, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Sorghum: about 25 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi E, blooms late Jun – late Jul

What the honey would be made of

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