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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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Forage report for 41.0243, -98.1581

Estimated forage here is better than about 76% of sites in Nebraska. Against other Nebraska sites it stands out most in spring (76th percentile) and lowest in fall (21st). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 0.1 mi NE, grown 4 of the last 5 years); soybeans (nearest 0.1 mi NE, grown 1 of the last 5 years); popcorn and ornamental corn (nearest 0.5 mi S, grown 4 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, 0.2 mi E.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 87th percentile (spring 42nd, summer 91st, fall 31st)
  • Nebraska: 76th percentile (spring 76th, summer 73rd, fall 21st)
  • Central Great Plains: 90th percentile (spring 32nd, summer 89th, fall 31st)

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 2,706 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi NE, blooms early Jul – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 262 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi W, blooms early Jun – late Aug
  • Soybeans: about 257 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi E, blooms early Jun – late Aug
  • Corn: about 1,521 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi E, blooms early Jul – late Jul
  • Popcorn and ornamental corn: about 318 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi S, blooms early Jul – late Jul
  • Corn: about 597 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi SE, blooms early Jul – late Jul

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Soybeans, Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, 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.