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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 41.4021, -98.3897

Estimated forage here is better than about 55% of sites in Nebraska. Against other Nebraska sites it stands out most in spring (96th percentile) and lowest in summer (46th). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 0.3 mi NW, grown 3 of the last 5 years); alfalfa (nearest 0.1 mi W, grown 3 of the last 5 years); soybeans (nearest 0.3 mi SW, grown 3 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, 0.1 mi W.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 64th percentile (spring 55th, summer 75th, fall 79th)
  • Nebraska: 55th percentile (spring 96th, summer 46th, fall 59th)
  • Central Great Plains: 70th percentile (spring 61st, summer 65th, fall 92nd)

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 16 to Aug 31 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Soybeans, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster)
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 98 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi S, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 103 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi N, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 126 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi NW, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 15 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi W, blooms early Jun – late Aug
  • Soybeans: about 58 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi NW, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Corn: about 1,434 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.2 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), Native wildflowers, Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red; extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Soybeans, Alfalfa; extra 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), Soybeans, Alfalfa; 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.