Honey bee forage in Murraysville, North Carolina

When is the honey flow in Murraysville?

• First forage: Jan 1 (dandelion, early trees (maple, willow, poplar))
• Main flow: Feb 16 to May 15, peaking early Mar (clovers: white, alsike and red, dandelion)
• Fall flow: Jun 1 to Jun 15 (garden flowers, dandelion, clovers: white, alsike and red)
• Season ends: Sep 30

Forage available to a colony through the year at the center of Murraysville, 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 11.

What the honey is made of

• Spring honey (March to June): clovers: white, alsike and red, dandelion, summer-flowering shrubs, garden flowers; extra light amber, mixed: part of it sets quickly, part stays liquid
• Summer honey (July and August): garden flowers, dandelion, clovers: white, alsike and red; 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, garden flowers, summer-flowering shrubs; extra light amber, mixed: part of it sets quickly, part stays liquid

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 216 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.9 mi W, blooms early May – early Jun (grown 3 of the last 5 years)
• Soybeans: about 176 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.6 mi W, blooms late Apr – late Jun (grown 2 of the last 5 years)
• Blueberries: about 2 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi N, blooms late Feb – late Mar

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 Murraysville

Mostly: Atlantic Coastal Plain Peatland Pocosin and Canebrake Woodland; Developed, low intensity (houses and yards); Developed, open space (parks, large lots, lawns).

Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow 0.06 mi N; mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer) 0.13 mi E.

Things to watch

• Heavily developed. About 82% of the land within a mile is developed. Less room for forage, and more neighbors near the hives.
• Bee crops nearby that are often sprayed. Blueberries: insecticides used on about 74% 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 Murraysville ranks

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

About 34% 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

Kings Grant 2 mi · Bayshore 2 mi · Northchase 2 mi · Blue Clay Farms 3 mi · Ogden 4 mi · Porters Neck 4 mi

All towns in North Carolina · 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 Murraysville (34.2916, -77.8423); 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.