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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 41.1198, -98.5452

Estimated forage here is better than about 68% of sites in Nebraska. Against other Nebraska sites it stands out most in spring (99th percentile) and lowest in fall (46th). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 0.1 mi N, grown 3 of the last 5 years); soybeans (nearest 0.1 mi N, grown 2 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 81st percentile (spring 67th, summer 84th, fall 67th)
  • Nebraska: 68th percentile (spring 99th, summer 59th, fall 46th)
  • Central Great Plains: 84th percentile (spring 80th, summer 76th, fall 76th)

Percentile among 3,000 random land points across Nebraska, scored the same way; land in general, not beekeepers' yards.

Season

  • First forage: Mar 1 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Main flow: Jun 16 to Aug 15 — Soybeans, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 3,260 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi NW, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 311 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi N, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 137 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi W, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Soybeans: about 47 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi N, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Soybeans: about 16 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi N, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Soybeans: about 149 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi SE, blooms late Jun – late Aug

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Dandelion, Soybeans; light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Soybeans, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Alfalfa; 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.