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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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Forage report for 39.4041, -94.8895

Estimated forage here is better than about 53% of sites in Missouri. Against other Missouri sites it stands out most in summer (59th percentile) and lowest in fall (37th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.4 mi SW, grown 1 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.4 mi SW, grown 4 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, 0.2 mi SE.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 83rd percentile (spring 77th, summer 84th, fall 41st)
  • Missouri: 53rd percentile (spring 44th, summer 59th, fall 37th)
  • Western Corn Belt Plains: 8th percentile (spring 98th, summer 4th, fall 56th)

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

Season

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

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 3,097 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi W, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Corn: about 1,297 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi SW, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 167 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi N, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 71 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi E, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 59 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi E, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 634 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.6 mi N, blooms early Jun – early Aug

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Soybeans, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion; light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Soybeans, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard); light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Garden flowers, Dandelion; light amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Soybeans, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion; 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.