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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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The colors are the national forage map: every square kilometer of the lower 48, scored the same way. See the honey flow for your state and town, the best and worst spots we found, or how the scoring works.

Forage report for 25.0276, -80.4984

Estimated forage here is better than about 51% of sites in Florida. Against other Florida sites it stands out most in fall (50th percentile) and lowest in spring (10th). Expect a dearth from late Jun to early Nov. Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, less than 0.1 mi away. 1 thing to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 57th percentile (spring 46th, summer 7th, fall 40th)
  • Florida: 51st percentile (spring 10th, summer 22nd, fall 50th)
  • Southern Florida Coastal Plain: 65th percentile (spring 36th, summer 35th, fall 18th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Jan 1 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: Jan 1 to Mar 15 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Dearth: Jun 16 to Nov 15
  • Fall flow: Dec 16 to Dec 31 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Dandelion
  • Season ends: Dec 31

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Summer-flowering shrubs, Dandelion, Summer-flowering trees (locust, linden); extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Garden flowers, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster); amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Garden flowers, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster); amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Summer-flowering shrubs, Garden flowers, Dandelion; extra light amber

Things to watch

  • Near a FEMA high-risk flood zone. A mapped high-risk flood zone (AE) is within about 300 m. Check FEMA's map for the exact spot.

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.