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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 39.2380, -93.9389

Estimated forage here is better than about 92% of sites in Missouri. Against other Missouri sites it stands out most in summer (91st percentile) and lowest in spring (12th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.1 mi NE, grown 3 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.1 mi NE, grown 2 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, 0.21 mi SW.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 96th percentile (spring 50th, summer 96th, fall 24th)
  • Missouri: 92nd percentile (spring 12th, summer 91st, fall 18th)
  • Western Corn Belt Plains: 86th percentile (spring 83rd, summer 50th, fall 37th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 16 — Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: Jun 1 to Jul 31 — Soybeans
  • Season ends: Aug 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 6,648 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi W, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 3,761 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi NE, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Corn: about 2,386 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi NE, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Corn: about 360 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi NW, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 65 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi NE, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Corn: about 386 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi SW, blooms late Jun – late Jul

What the honey would be made of

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