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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 41.2590, -101.7108

Estimated forage here is better than about 2% of sites in Nebraska. Against other Nebraska sites it stands out most in spring (90th percentile) and lowest in summer (below the 1st). Biggest nearby bee crops: alfalfa (nearest 2.2 mi N); corn (nearest 0.4 mi S, grown 1 of the last 5 years); millet (nearest 3.4 mi E, grown 2 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, 0.3 mi S.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 28th percentile (spring 47th, summer 44th, fall 77th)
  • Nebraska: 2nd percentile (spring 90th, summer 0th, fall 56th)
  • Nebraska Sand Hills: 4th percentile (spring 94th, summer 0th, fall 8th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 16 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Dandelion, Native wildflowers
  • Main flow: Apr 1 to Aug 31 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Native wildflowers
  • Fall flow: Sep 16 to Sep 30 — Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster)
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Alfalfa: about 97 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.2 mi N, blooms early Jun – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 37 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.3 mi N, blooms early Jun – late Aug
  • Corn: about 1 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi S, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 4 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi NW, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 479 acres in a typical year, nearest 3.5 mi SE, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 48 acres in a typical year, nearest 3.4 mi N, blooms early Jun – late Aug

What the honey would be made of

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