Honey bee forage in Hazel Green, Alabama

When is the honey flow in Hazel Green?

• First forage: Feb 1 (dandelion, early trees (maple, willow, poplar), clovers: white, alsike and red)
• Main flow: Mar 1 to Jul 15, peaking early Jun (soybeans, clovers: white, alsike and red, dandelion)
• Fall flow: Aug 1 to Aug 15 (cotton)
• Season ends: Sep 30

Forage available to a colony through the year at the center of Hazel Green, from what grows within flight range (about 3.7 miles) and when it blooms here. Dates are the model's estimate for a typical year; the spring index for this spot falls on Mar 28.

What the honey is made of

• Spring honey (March to June): soybeans, clovers: white, alsike and red, dandelion, early trees (maple, willow, poplar); extra light amber, mixed: part of it sets quickly, part stays liquid
• Summer honey (July and August): cotton, soybeans, clovers: white, alsike and red, dandelion; extra light amber, likely to set within weeks to a few months
• Fall honey (September to November): cotton, garden flowers, fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster); light amber, likely to set within weeks to a few months
• Whole season (March to November): soybeans, clovers: white, alsike and red, cotton, dandelion; extra light amber, likely to set within weeks to a few months

Nectar-source estimate (plants weighted by how much bees favor them), not a pollen analysis. Full honey estimate.

Bee crops within flight range

• Cotton: about 359 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi SW, blooms early Jul – early Sep (grown 2 of the last 5 years)
• Corn: about 310 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi E, blooms late May – late Jun (grown 1 of the last 5 years)
• Soybeans: about 123 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.5 mi SE, blooms early May – late Jul (grown 1 of the last 5 years)

From USDA's crop maps for 2021–2025; fields rotate, so a crop counts by how often it was grown. Listing a field says nothing about its owner.

The land and water around Hazel Green

Mostly: Eastern Cool Temperate Pasture and Hayland; South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian Forest; Southern Interior Low Plateau Dry-Mesic Oak Forest.

Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow 0.07 mi NW; mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer) 0.13 mi N.

Things to watch

• Bee crops nearby that are often sprayed. Cotton: insecticides used on about 39% of surveyed US acres (2025). Figures are from USDA's Agricultural Chemical Use Survey, matched by crop type from the crop map. The survey counts any insecticide use in the crop year (not seed treatments) and doesn't say when; ask nearby growers about spray timing.

How Hazel Green ranks

Percentiles among 3,000 random land points in each region, scored the same way: land in general, not beekeepers' apiaries.

About 33% of the land here is scored with national averages for its vegetation type rather than measured plant cover, so the wild-plant part of this estimate is rougher than the crop part.

Nearby

Meridianville 3 mi · Moores Mill 6 mi · New Market 8 mi · Harvest 12 mi · Ardmore 15 mi · Huntsville 17 mi

All towns in Alabama · National map · How the scoring works

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. The point is the Census Bureau's published center of Hazel Green (34.9237, -86.5674); a yard a mile or two away can differ, so check your own spot. The FEMA flood map was not checked for this page. Benchmark 2026.5, built 2026-10-19. How this works · All sources.