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Forage report for 39.8619, -95.2628

Estimated forage here is better than about 93% of sites in Kansas. Against other Kansas sites it stands out most in summer (93rd percentile) and lowest in fall (19th). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 0.1 mi NE, grown 3 of the last 5 years); soybeans (nearest 0.1 mi NE, grown 2 of the last 5 years); alfalfa (nearest 0.6 mi W, 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 55th, summer 93rd, fall 23rd)
  • Kansas: 93rd percentile (spring 60th, summer 93rd, fall 19th)
  • Western Corn Belt Plains: 42nd percentile (spring 86th, summer 26th, fall 36th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 16 — Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: Jun 16 to Jul 31 — Soybeans
  • Season ends: Aug 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 10,928 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi NE, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 2,997 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi NW, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 183 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi NE, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Corn: about 4,217 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.6 mi S, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 454 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi SW, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Corn: about 245 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi S, blooms late Jun – late Jul

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Soybeans, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion; extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Soybeans, Clovers: white, alsike and red; white
  • Fall honey (September to November): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Garden flowers, Dandelion, Spotted and diffuse knapweed; extra light amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Soybeans, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion; extra light amber

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.