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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 39.2478, -97.3449

Estimated forage here is better than about 77% of sites in Kansas. Against other Kansas sites it stands out most in summer (81st percentile) and lowest in spring (53rd). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (right here, grown 2 of the last 5 years); corn (right here, grown 3 of the last 5 years); alfalfa (nearest 0.7 mi SE, grown 2 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, 0.12 mi SW. 1 thing to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 84th percentile (spring 52nd, summer 88th, fall 71st)
  • Kansas: 77th percentile (spring 53rd, summer 81st, fall 77th)
  • Central Great Plains: 87th percentile (spring 55th, summer 82nd, fall 81st)

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, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar)
  • Main flow: Jun 1 to Aug 15 — Soybeans
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 121 acres in a typical year, nearest 0 mi , blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 122 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi SE, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Corn: about 148 acres in a typical year, nearest 0 mi N, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 1,451 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.5 mi SE, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Corn: about 179 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi S, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 246 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi N, blooms early Jun – early Aug

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Soybeans, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), 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

  • Near a FEMA high-risk flood zone. A mapped high-risk flood zone (A) 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.