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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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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 40.7069, -100.2143

Estimated forage here is better than about 58% of sites in Nebraska. Against other Nebraska sites it stands out most in spring (83rd percentile) and lowest in fall (39th). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 0.2 mi NE, grown 4 of the last 5 years); soybeans (nearest 0.2 mi SW, grown 2 of the last 5 years); alfalfa (nearest 0.6 mi N, grown 3 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, 0.19 mi SE.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 70th percentile (spring 44th, summer 84th, fall 61st)
  • Nebraska: 58th percentile (spring 83rd, summer 58th, fall 39th)
  • Central Great Plains: 74th percentile (spring 37th, summer 75th, fall 64th)

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)
  • Main flow: Jul 1 to Aug 15 — Soybeans, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Alfalfa
  • Season ends: Sep 30

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 283 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi NE, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 751 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi S, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 2,325 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi NE, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 379 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi W, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 580 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi N, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 831 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi SW, blooms early Jul – early Aug

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