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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 40.9152, -95.9252

Estimated forage here is better than about 98% of sites in Nebraska. Against other Nebraska sites it stands out most in spring (92nd percentile) and lowest in fall (22nd). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 0.1 mi SW, grown 3 of the last 5 years); soybeans (nearest 0.1 mi SW, grown 2 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 96th percentile (spring 49th, summer 96th, fall 34th)
  • Nebraska: 98th percentile (spring 92nd, summer 89th, fall 22nd)
  • Western Corn Belt Plains: 91st percentile (spring 82nd, summer 54th, fall 48th)

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

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 10,621 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi E, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 5,053 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi NW, blooms early Jun – late Aug
  • Soybeans: about 1,647 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi SW, blooms early Jun – late Aug
  • Soybeans: about 222 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi E, blooms early Jun – late Aug
  • Soybeans: about 452 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi SE, blooms early Jun – late Aug
  • Soybeans: about 79 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi W, blooms early Jun – late Aug

What the honey would be made of

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