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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 41.1311, -101.7185

Estimated forage here is better than about 57% of sites in Nebraska. Against other Nebraska sites it stands out most in spring (98th percentile) and lowest in summer (44th). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 1.0 mi NW, grown 2 of the last 5 years); alfalfa (nearest 1.1 mi E, grown 2 of the last 5 years); soybeans (nearest 1.3 mi W, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.21 mi W. 1 thing to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 67th percentile (spring 64th, summer 74th, fall 73rd)
  • Nebraska: 57th percentile (spring 98th, summer 44th, fall 52nd)
  • High Plains: 88th percentile (spring 89th, summer 72nd, fall 69th)

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, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Main flow: Apr 1 to Aug 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Fall flow: Sep 1 to Sep 15 — Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Garden flowers, Dandelion
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 563 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi NE, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 1,748 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.4 mi S, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 259 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi S, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 1,302 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.9 mi S, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 163 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.3 mi W, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 1,962 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.3 mi N, blooms early Jul – early Aug

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Garden flowers; extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Alfalfa; extra light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Garden flowers, Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red; light amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster); light amber

Things to watch

  • Heavily developed. About 57% of the land within a mile is developed. Less room for forage, and more neighbors near the hives.
  • Flood map not checked. FEMA's flood map service didn't answer. Check it directly.

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.