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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 41.1183, -98.8304

Estimated forage here is better than about 61% of sites in Nebraska. Against other Nebraska sites it stands out most in spring (91st percentile) and lowest in fall (48th). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 0.2 mi W, grown 4 of the last 5 years); soybeans (nearest 0.2 mi W, grown 1 of the last 5 years); alfalfa (nearest 0.1 mi E, grown 4 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, 0.19 mi E.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 72nd percentile (spring 49th, summer 83rd, fall 71st)
  • Nebraska: 61st percentile (spring 91st, summer 57th, fall 48th)
  • Central Great Plains: 76th percentile (spring 49th, summer 74th, fall 80th)

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

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 586 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi E, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 325 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi NW, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 111 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi E, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Corn: about 106 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi W, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 29 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi W, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Corn: about 46 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi SE, 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, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Soybeans; extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Soybeans, Alfalfa, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard); 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), Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Dandelion; 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.