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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 26.0579, -80.1636

Estimated forage here is better than about 34% of sites in Florida. Against other Florida sites it stands out most in summer (79th percentile) and lowest in spring (14th). Expect a dearth from early Oct to late Nov. Nearest mapped water: pond, lake or river, less than 0.1 mi away. 2 things to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 47th percentile (spring 47th, summer 16th, fall 38th)
  • Florida: 34th percentile (spring 14th, summer 79th, fall 45th)
  • Southern Florida Coastal Plain: 36th percentile (spring 54th, summer 86th, 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 — Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: Jan 16 to Mar 31 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Dearth: Oct 1 to Nov 30
  • Fall flow: Jun 1 to Dec 31 — Garden flowers, 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, Garden flowers, Summer-flowering shrubs; 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 93% 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, AH) 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.