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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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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 39.6616, -99.5676

Estimated forage here is better than about 60% of sites in Kansas. Against other Kansas sites it stands out most in spring (80th percentile) and lowest in summer (52nd). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 0.5 mi E, grown 2 of the last 5 years); sorghum (nearest 0.5 mi N, grown 1 of the last 5 years); soybeans (nearest 0.6 mi NW, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, 0.24 mi SW.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 69th percentile (spring 66th, summer 75th, fall 61st)
  • Kansas: 60th percentile (spring 80th, summer 52nd, fall 64th)
  • Central Great Plains: 74th percentile (spring 79th, summer 65th, 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, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Early trees (maple, willow, poplar)
  • Main flow: Apr 16 to Jul 31 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Alfalfa
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 733 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi E, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Corn: about 375 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi SW, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Sorghum: about 119 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi N, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Corn: about 91 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi N, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 55 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi NW, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 34 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi NE, 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, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar); extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Soybeans, Alfalfa, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster); extra 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, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster); 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.