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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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Forage report for 26.3852, -98.8985

Estimated forage here is better than about 78% of sites in Texas. Against other Texas sites it stands out most in spring (59th percentile) and lowest in fall (23rd). Biggest nearby bee crops: sorghum (nearest 0.1 mi E, grown 3 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, 0.67 mi SW.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 71st percentile (spring 78th, summer 14th, fall 20th)
  • Texas: 78th percentile (spring 59th, summer 28th, fall 23rd)
  • Southern Texas Plains: 98th percentile (spring 97th, summer 94th, fall 9th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Jan 1 — Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: Jan 1 to May 15 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Fall flow: Jun 1 to Jun 30 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Season ends: Dec 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Sorghum: about 178 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi E, blooms early Apr – early May
  • Sorghum: about 55 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi E, blooms early Apr – early May
  • Sorghum: about 33 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi SE, blooms early Apr – early May
  • Sorghum: about 42 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi SW, blooms early Apr – early May
  • Sorghum: about 232 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.5 mi SE, blooms early Apr – early May
  • Sorghum: about 48 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi S, blooms early Apr – early May

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Cotton; extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Garden flowers, Cotton, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster); light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Garden flowers, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Rabbitbrush; amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Garden flowers; 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.