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Forage report for 39.9108, -95.7935

Estimated forage here is better than about 86% of sites in Kansas. Against other Kansas sites it stands out most in spring and summer (83rd percentile) and lowest in fall (53rd). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.1 mi E, grown 3 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.2 mi N, grown 3 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: open water, less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 88th percentile (spring 71st, summer 88th, fall 54th)
  • Kansas: 86th percentile (spring 83rd, summer 83rd, fall 53rd)
  • Western Corn Belt Plains: 22nd percentile (spring 96th, summer 10th, fall 73rd)

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: Jun 1 to Aug 15 — Soybeans
  • Season ends: Sep 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 1,861 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi SE, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 1,155 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi W, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Corn: about 1,862 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.3 mi W, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 50 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi E, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 48 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi NE, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Corn: about 308 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi NE, blooms late Jun – late Jul

What the honey would be made of

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