Bee forage check

How good is this spot for honey bees?

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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 25.1227, -80.4096

Estimated forage here is better than about 44% of sites in Florida. Against other Florida sites it ranks highest in fall (47th percentile) and lowest in spring (5th). Expect a dearth from late Jun to early Nov. Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

Continental US: 53rd percentile (spring 42nd, summer 6th, fall 38th)
Florida: 44th percentile (spring 5th, summer 17th, fall 47th)
Southern Florida Coastal Plain: 56th percentile (spring 22nd, summer 33rd, fall 16th)

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 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar)
Dearth: Jun 16 to Nov 15
Fall flow: Dec 16 to Dec 31 — Dandelion, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar)
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 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

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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.