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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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Forage report for 40.7818, -97.8101

Estimated forage here is better than about 86% of sites in Nebraska. Against other Nebraska sites it stands out most in summer (81st percentile) and lowest in fall (16th). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 0.3 mi E, grown 4 of the last 5 years); soybeans (nearest 0.3 mi NE, grown 2 of the last 5 years); alfalfa (nearest 0.5 mi S, grown 4 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: open water, less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 91st percentile (spring 42nd, summer 94th, fall 24th)
  • Nebraska: 86th percentile (spring 77th, summer 81st, fall 16th)
  • Central Great Plains: 96th percentile (spring 33rd, summer 93rd, fall 25th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Apr 1 — Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: Jun 16 to Aug 15 — Soybeans
  • Season ends: Aug 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 20,318 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi E, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 542 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi W, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Soybeans: about 1,123 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi NE, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Soybeans: about 378 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi E, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Soybeans: about 89 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi S, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Soybeans: about 200 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.3 mi N, blooms late Jun – late Aug

What the honey would be made of

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