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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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Forage report for 41.5357, -96.3079

Estimated forage here is better than about 100% of sites in Nebraska. Against other Nebraska sites it stands out most in summer (100th percentile) and lowest in fall (3rd). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (right here, grown 2 of the last 5 years); corn (right here, grown 3 of the last 5 years); alfalfa (nearest 0.3 mi NW, grown 1 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: 98th percentile (spring 4th, summer 100th, fall 7th)
  • Nebraska: 100th percentile (spring 4th, summer 100th, fall 3rd)
  • Western Corn Belt Plains: 100th percentile (spring 14th, summer 100th, fall 4th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Jun 1 — Soybeans
  • Main flow: Jun 16 to Aug 15 — Soybeans
  • Season ends: Aug 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 15,003 acres in a typical year, nearest 0 mi , blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Corn: about 15,246 acres in a typical year, nearest 0 mi , blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 83 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi SW, blooms early Jun – late Aug
  • Soybeans: about 9 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi NW, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Soybeans: about 14 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi N, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 138 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.9 mi SW, blooms early Jun – late Aug

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Soybeans, Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red; light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Soybeans
  • Fall honey (September to November): Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Garden flowers; light amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Soybeans

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.