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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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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 39.5093, -95.8533

Estimated forage here is better than about 77% of sites in Kansas. Against other Kansas sites it stands out most in spring (93rd percentile) and lowest in fall (45th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.3 mi NW, grown 2 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.2 mi SW, 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: 84th percentile (spring 87th, summer 81st, fall 48th)
  • Kansas: 77th percentile (spring 93rd, summer 65th, fall 45th)
  • Western Corn Belt Plains: 9th percentile (spring 99th, summer 3rd, fall 65th)

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, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: Apr 1 to Jul 31 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Soybeans, Dandelion
  • Season ends: Sep 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 129 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi NW, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Corn: about 88 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi NW, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 33 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi SW, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 48 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi S, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Corn: about 45 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi SW, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 59 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 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, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard); extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Soybeans, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard); extra light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Garden flowers; extra light amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Soybeans, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard); 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.