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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 40.1384, -99.8283

Estimated forage here is better than about 67% of sites in Nebraska. Against other Nebraska sites it stands out most in spring (98th percentile) and lowest in fall (35th). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 0.3 mi NE, grown 2 of the last 5 years); soybeans (nearest 0.5 mi W, grown 1 of the last 5 years); alfalfa (nearest 0.2 mi E, grown 2 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, 0.47 mi E.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 80th percentile (spring 61st, summer 85th, fall 55th)
  • Nebraska: 67th percentile (spring 98th, summer 61st, fall 35th)
  • Central Great Plains: 82nd percentile (spring 71st, summer 78th, fall 55th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 16 — Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: Jun 1 to Aug 15 — Soybeans, Alfalfa
  • Season ends: Sep 30

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 1,183 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi W, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 320 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi SE, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Corn: about 436 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi SE, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Alfalfa: about 214 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi W, blooms early Jun – late Aug
  • Corn: about 409 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi E, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Alfalfa: about 89 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi S, blooms early Jun – late Aug

What the honey would be made of

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