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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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Forage report for 40.2171, -94.5391

Estimated forage here is better than about 80% of sites in Missouri. Spring, summer and fall all rank about the same against other Missouri sites. Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.4 mi SW); corn (nearest 0.4 mi SW, grown 2 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.3 mi E.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 91st percentile (spring 84th, summer 88th, fall 54th)
  • Missouri: 80th percentile (spring 63rd, summer 70th, fall 66th)
  • Central Irregular Plains: 76th percentile (spring 65th, summer 62nd, fall 81st)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 1 — Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: Jun 1 to Aug 15 — Soybeans, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Season ends: Sep 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 775 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi W, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 340 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi S, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 250 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi N, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 1,186 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.3 mi NE, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Corn: about 338 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi S, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Corn: about 424 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi W, blooms late Jun – late Jul

What the honey would be made of

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