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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 40.9694, -99.0881

Estimated forage here is better than about 68% of sites in Nebraska. Against other Nebraska sites it stands out most in spring (97th percentile) and lowest in fall (44th). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 0.4 mi SE, grown 1 of the last 5 years); soybeans (nearest 0.4 mi SE, grown 1 of the last 5 years); alfalfa (nearest 0.2 mi W, grown 3 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: open water, less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 81st percentile (spring 57th, summer 86th, fall 64th)
  • Nebraska: 68th percentile (spring 97th, summer 62nd, fall 44th)
  • Central Great Plains: 84th percentile (spring 66th, summer 79th, fall 71st)

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), Early trees (maple, willow, poplar)
  • Main flow: Jun 16 to Aug 15 — Soybeans, Alfalfa, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 4,863 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi W, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 404 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi SE, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 76 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi SE, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Soybeans: about 209 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi NW, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Soybeans: about 1,255 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.6 mi NW, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Corn: about 154 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi NW, 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, Soybeans, Clovers: white, alsike and red; 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), Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Garden flowers, Clovers: white, alsike and red; amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Soybeans, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Dandelion, Alfalfa; 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.