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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 39.8372, -99.8919

Estimated forage here is better than about 61% of sites in Kansas. Against other Kansas sites it stands out most in spring (82nd percentile) and lowest in summer (51st). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 0.5 mi E, grown 2 of the last 5 years); sorghum (nearest 0.4 mi N, grown 1 of the last 5 years); soybeans (nearest 0.8 mi E, grown 3 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, 0.54 mi W. 1 thing to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 70th percentile (spring 69th, summer 75th, fall 62nd)
  • Kansas: 61st percentile (spring 82nd, summer 51st, fall 66th)
  • Central Great Plains: 75th percentile (spring 81st, summer 64th, fall 67th)

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), Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: Apr 16 to Jul 31 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Dandelion
  • Fall flow: Aug 16 to Aug 31 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Garden flowers
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 1,061 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi NW, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Corn: about 192 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi NE, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Corn: about 212 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi W, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Corn: about 188 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi SE, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Corn: about 186 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi S, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Corn: about 172 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi NW, blooms late Jun – late Jul

What the honey would be made of

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

Things to watch

  • Heavily developed. About 53% of the land within a mile is developed. Less room for forage, and more neighbors near the hives.
  • Flood map not checked. FEMA's flood map service didn't answer. Check it directly.

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.