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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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Forage report for 39.5041, -94.6298

Estimated forage here is better than about 78% of sites in Missouri. Against other Missouri sites it stands out most in summer (71st percentile) and lowest in fall (46th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.2 mi W); corn (nearest 0.3 mi NE, grown 2 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 91st percentile (spring 80th, summer 89th, fall 46th)
  • Missouri: 78th percentile (spring 54th, summer 71st, fall 46th)
  • Western Corn Belt Plains: 37th percentile (spring 98th, summer 10th, fall 63rd)

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

Season

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

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 315 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi NE, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 275 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi NW, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Corn: about 177 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi NE, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 53 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi SE, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 916 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.3 mi E, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 47 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi N, 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; extra light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Dandelion, Garden flowers; light amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Soybeans, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion; 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.