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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 40.0119, -101.9371

Estimated forage here is better than about 48% of sites in Nebraska. Against other Nebraska sites it stands out most in spring (98th percentile) and lowest in summer (31st). Biggest nearby bee crops: alfalfa (nearest 0.6 mi NW, grown 3 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.2 mi SE, grown 1 of the last 5 years); sorghum (nearest 0.2 mi SE, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, 0.16 mi E.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 57th percentile (spring 64th, summer 63rd, fall 74th)
  • Nebraska: 48th percentile (spring 98th, summer 31st, fall 54th)
  • High Plains: 78th percentile (spring 89th, summer 43rd, fall 72nd)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 1 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Dandelion
  • Main flow: Apr 1 to Aug 15 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Fall flow: Sep 1 to Sep 15 — Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Alfalfa: about 40 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi NW, blooms early Jun – late Aug
  • Corn: about 49 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi NW, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Corn: about 19 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi NE, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Corn: about 32 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi NE, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Sorghum: about 16 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi NW, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Corn: about 10 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi E, blooms late Jun – late Jul

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