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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 41.6991, -97.6946

Estimated forage here is better than about 82% of sites in Nebraska. Against other Nebraska sites it stands out most in summer (80th percentile) and lowest in fall (18th). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 0.2 mi SE, grown 4 of the last 5 years); soybeans (nearest 0.2 mi NW, grown 2 of the last 5 years); alfalfa (nearest 0.2 mi SE, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.13 mi W.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 89th percentile (spring 31st, summer 94th, fall 26th)
  • Nebraska: 82nd percentile (spring 34th, summer 80th, fall 18th)
  • Western Corn Belt Plains: 28th percentile (spring 65th, summer 33rd, fall 41st)

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

Season

  • First forage: Apr 1 — Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Main flow: Jul 1 to Aug 15 — Soybeans
  • Season ends: Aug 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 19,003 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi SE, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Soybeans: about 6,936 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi NW, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Soybeans: about 4,638 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi E, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Soybeans: about 339 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi S, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Soybeans: about 185 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi SE, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Soybeans: about 32 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi N, blooms late Jun – late Aug

What the honey would be made of

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