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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 39.3582, -94.7555

Estimated forage here is better than about 50% of sites in Missouri. Against other Missouri sites it stands out most in summer (58th percentile) and lowest in fall (39th). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (right here, grown 1 of the last 5 years); soybeans (right here, grown 2 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: pond, lake or river, 0.17 mi W.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 82nd percentile (spring 76th, summer 83rd, fall 42nd)
  • Missouri: 50th percentile (spring 42nd, summer 58th, fall 39th)
  • Western Corn Belt Plains: 6th percentile (spring 97th, summer 4th, fall 58th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Feb 16 — Dandelion, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar)
  • Main flow: Jun 1 to Jul 31 — Soybeans, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Season ends: Sep 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 229 acres in a typical year, nearest 0 mi , blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 569 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi SE, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 39 acres in a typical year, nearest 0 mi , blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 67 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi NE, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 56 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi E, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 17 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi E, blooms early Jun – early Aug

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Soybeans, Dandelion, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar); extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Soybeans, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Garden flowers; extra light amber
  • 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, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar); 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.