Honey bee forage in Canal Point, Florida

When is the honey flow in Canal Point?

• First forage: Jan 1 (roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), dandelion, clovers: white, alsike and red)
• Main flow: Jan 1 to Apr 15, peaking late Feb (roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), clovers: white, alsike and red, dandelion)
• Dearth: Jun 16 to Dec 15
• Fall flow: May 1 to Dec 31 (roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), garden flowers, dandelion)
• Season ends: Dec 31

Forage available to a colony through the year at the center of Canal Point, 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 Jan 28.

What the honey is made of

• Spring honey (March to June): roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), clovers: white, alsike and red, dandelion, oranges; extra light amber, likely to set over some months
• Summer honey (July and August): garden flowers
• Fall honey (September to November): garden flowers, roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster); light amber, likely to set over some months
• Whole season (March to November): roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), clovers: white, alsike and red, garden flowers, dandelion; extra light amber, likely to set over some months

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

Bee crops within flight range

• Corn: about 1 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi E, blooms early Apr – early May (grown 1 of the last 5 years)
• Oranges: about 1 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.6 mi S, blooms early Feb – early Apr
• Dry beans: about 3 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.5 mi E, blooms early Apr – early Jun (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 Canal Point

Mostly: Open water; Sugarcane; Fallow / idle cropland.

Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer) 0.1 mi SW; open water 0.27 mi SW.

Things to watch

• Lots of crops with little or no bee value. About 50% of the land within 3 miles is in crops bees get little from (such as wheat and other grains).
• Bee crops nearby that are often sprayed. Oranges: insecticides used on about 93% of surveyed US acres (2025); Sweet Corn: insecticides used on about 44% of surveyed US acres (2024). 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 Canal Point ranks

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

Nearby

Pahokee 4 mi · Belle Glade 12 mi · South Bay 14 mi · Indiantown 15 mi · Lake Harbor 17 mi · Clewiston 21 mi

All towns in Florida · 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 Canal Point (26.8626, -80.6222); 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.