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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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Forage report for 40.0519, -95.3171

Estimated forage here is better than about 83% of sites in Missouri. Against other Missouri sites it stands out most in summer (92nd percentile) and lowest in spring (2nd). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.1 mi NE, grown 4 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.1 mi NE, grown 1 of the last 5 years); sorghum (nearest 2.5 mi NW, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, 0.11 mi E.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 92nd percentile (spring 21st, summer 96th, fall 8th)
  • Missouri: 83rd percentile (spring 2nd, summer 92nd, fall 4th)
  • Western Corn Belt Plains: 48th percentile (spring 50th, summer 55th, fall 8th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Apr 16 — Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Main flow: Jun 16 to Jul 31 — Soybeans
  • Season ends: Aug 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 9,270 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi NE, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Corn: about 9,236 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi NE, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Corn: about 1,009 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.8 mi NW, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 197 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.9 mi NW, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Corn: about 613 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.4 mi SW, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 23 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.4 mi W, blooms early Jun – early Aug

What the honey would be made of

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