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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 41.4081, -102.3449

Estimated forage here is better than about 63% of sites in Nebraska. Against other Nebraska sites it stands out most in spring (99th percentile) and lowest in fall (49th). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 0.2 mi E); alfalfa (nearest 0.4 mi S); millet (nearest 1.0 mi E, grown 2 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.29 mi NE.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 75th percentile (spring 66th, summer 79th, fall 71st)
  • Nebraska: 63rd percentile (spring 99th, summer 52nd, fall 49th)
  • High Plains: 94th percentile (spring 91st, summer 85th, fall 66th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 1 — Dandelion, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Main flow: Apr 16 to Aug 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Alfalfa, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 409 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi W, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 205 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi E, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 73 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi S, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 57 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi S, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 44 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi NE, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 89 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi E, blooms late Jun – late 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), Alfalfa; extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Alfalfa, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster); extra light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion; light amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Alfalfa, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard); 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.