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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 39.2480, -95.7076

Estimated forage here is better than about 79% of sites in Kansas. Against other Kansas sites it stands out most in spring (97th percentile) and lowest in fall (49th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.3 mi SE, grown 3 of the last 5 years); alfalfa (nearest 0.2 mi NW, grown 4 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.3 mi SE, grown 2 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, 0.28 mi E.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 85th percentile (spring 94th, summer 78th, fall 50th)
  • Kansas: 79th percentile (spring 97th, summer 59th, fall 49th)
  • Western Corn Belt Plains: 11th percentile (spring 100th, summer 2nd, fall 68th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Feb 16 — Dandelion
  • Main flow: Mar 16 to Jul 31 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Soybeans
  • Season ends: Sep 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 22 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi SE, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 26 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi NW, blooms late May – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 23 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi E, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 41 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi SW, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 92 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.4 mi SW, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 16 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi N, blooms early Jun – early Aug

What the honey would be made of

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