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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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Forage report for 39.2531, -99.5650

Estimated forage here is better than about 53% of sites in Kansas. Against other Kansas sites it stands out most in spring (70th percentile) and lowest in summer (46th). Biggest nearby bee crops: sorghum (nearest 0.3 mi SW, grown 1 of the last 5 years); soybeans (nearest 0.4 mi S, grown 1 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.4 mi NE, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.12 mi NW.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 62nd percentile (spring 60th, summer 73rd, fall 63rd)
  • Kansas: 53rd percentile (spring 70th, summer 46th, fall 66th)
  • Central Great Plains: 67th percentile (spring 70th, summer 62nd, fall 68th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 1 — Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Main flow: Jun 1 to Jul 31 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Soybeans, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Sorghum: about 1,701 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi SW, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 59 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi W, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Sorghum: about 403 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi E, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Sorghum: about 60 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi NE, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 14 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi S, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 62 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi E, blooms early Jun – early Aug

What the honey would be made of

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