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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 41.0711, -96.3239

Estimated forage here is better than about 62% of sites in Nebraska. Against other Nebraska sites it stands out most in spring (90th percentile) and lowest in fall (28th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.2 mi E, grown 2 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.2 mi E, grown 3 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: open water, less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 75th percentile (spring 47th, summer 86th, fall 44th)
  • Nebraska: 62nd percentile (spring 90th, summer 62nd, fall 28th)
  • Western Corn Belt Plains: 2nd percentile (spring 81st, summer 5th, fall 60th)

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, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Main flow: Jun 16 to Aug 15 — Soybeans
  • Season ends: Sep 30

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 1,281 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi E, blooms early Jun – late Aug
  • Corn: about 492 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi N, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 154 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi NE, blooms early Jun – late Aug
  • Soybeans: about 193 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi SE, blooms early Jun – late Aug
  • Corn: about 1,496 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi SW, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Corn: about 1,469 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi E, blooms late Jun – late Jul

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, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard); extra light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Garden flowers; 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.