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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 41.0297, -98.8988

Estimated forage here is better than about 63% of sites in Nebraska. Against other Nebraska sites it stands out most in spring (96th percentile) and lowest in fall (46th). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 0.2 mi N); soybeans (nearest 0.2 mi N, grown 2 of the last 5 years); alfalfa (nearest 0.4 mi S, grown 4 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: open water, less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 75th percentile (spring 55th, summer 83rd, fall 67th)
  • Nebraska: 63rd percentile (spring 96th, summer 58th, fall 46th)
  • Central Great Plains: 78th percentile (spring 60th, summer 75th, fall 75th)

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 225 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi NW, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 123 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi NE, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Corn: about 2,333 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi NW, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 43 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi N, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 935 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.4 mi NW, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 27 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi NW, blooms late Jun – late Aug

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Soybeans, Dandelion, 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, Dandelion; amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Soybeans, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Alfalfa, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster); 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.