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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 47.7797, -99.9316

Estimated forage here is better than about 60% of sites in North Dakota. Against other North Dakota sites it stands out most in spring (85th percentile) and lowest in summer (53rd). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (right here, grown 3 of the last 5 years); corn (right here, grown 2 of the last 5 years); sunflower (nearest 1.1 mi SW, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, 0.32 mi W.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 93rd percentile (spring 39th, summer 92nd, fall 99th)
  • North Dakota: 60th percentile (spring 85th, summer 53rd, fall 78th)
  • Northern Glaciated Plains: 43rd percentile (spring 75th, summer 28th, fall 80th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Apr 16 — Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: Jul 1 to Sep 15 — Soybeans
  • Season ends: Oct 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 430 acres in a typical year, nearest 0 mi , blooms early Jul – early Sep
  • Soybeans: about 215 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi W, blooms early Jul – early Sep
  • Soybeans: about 1,828 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi SW, blooms early Jul – early Sep
  • Corn: about 82 acres in a typical year, nearest 0 mi , blooms late Jul – late Aug
  • Soybeans: about 302 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.3 mi SE, blooms early Jul – early Sep
  • Soybeans: about 127 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi N, blooms early Jul – early Sep

What the honey would be made of

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