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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 25.6909, -80.1654

Estimated forage here is better than about 64% of sites in Florida. Against other Florida sites it stands out most in summer (82nd percentile) and lowest in spring (27th). Expect a dearth from early Oct to late Nov. Nearest mapped water: pond, lake or river, 0.19 mi SE. 2 things to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 67th percentile (spring 54th, summer 18th, fall 45th)
  • Florida: 64th percentile (spring 27th, summer 82nd, fall 63rd)
  • Southern Florida Coastal Plain: 78th percentile (spring 76th, summer 87th, fall 23rd)

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

Season

  • First forage: Jan 1 — Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: Jan 1 to Mar 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Dearth: Oct 1 to Nov 30
  • Fall flow: Dec 16 to Dec 31 — Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Season ends: Dec 31

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Summer-flowering shrubs, Garden flowers; 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, Garden flowers, Dandelion, Summer-flowering shrubs; extra light amber

Things to watch

  • Heavily developed. About 72% of the land within a mile is developed. Less room for forage, and more neighbors near the hives.
  • 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.