Honey bee forage in Mansfield, Georgia

When is the honey flow in Mansfield?

• First forage: Jan 16 (dandelion, clovers: white, alsike and red)
• Main flow: Feb 16 to May 15, peaking late Mar (clovers: white, alsike and red, dandelion)
• Fall flow: Jun 1 to Jun 30 (clovers: white, alsike and red, dandelion, roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard))
• Season ends: Aug 15

Forage available to a colony through the year at the center of Mansfield, 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 14.

What the honey is made of

• Spring honey (March to June): clovers: white, alsike and red, dandelion, roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), summer-flowering shrubs; extra light amber, likely to set over some months
• Summer honey (July and August): clovers: white, alsike and red, dandelion, cotton, garden flowers; extra light amber, mixed: part of it sets quickly, part stays liquid
• Fall honey (September to November): garden flowers, fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster); amber
• Whole season (March to November): clovers: white, alsike and red, dandelion, roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), summer-flowering shrubs; 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

• Soybeans: about 10 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi E, blooms late Apr – early Jul (grown 1 of the last 5 years)
• Corn: about 12 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi NW, blooms late May – early Jun (grown 2 of the last 5 years)
• Cotton: about 13 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi E, blooms late Jun – late Aug (grown 2 of the last 5 years)
• Sorghum: about 41 acres in a typical year, nearest 2 mi NW, blooms late May – early Jun (grown 2 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 Mansfield

Mostly: Eastern Cool Temperate Pasture and Hayland; Southeastern Native Ruderal Forest; Southern Piedmont Dry Oak Forest.

Nearest mapped water: pond, lake or river 0.11 mi E; creek, wetland or wet meadow 0.24 mi SW.

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 Mansfield ranks

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

About 74% 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

Newborn 2 mi · Covington 9 mi · Social Circle 9 mi · Porterdale 10 mi · Rutledge 10 mi · Oxford 11 mi

All towns in Georgia · 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 Mansfield (33.5174, -83.7346); 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.