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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 26.4516, -82.1059

Estimated forage here is better than about 25% of sites in Florida. Against other Florida sites it stands out most in fall (59th percentile) and lowest in spring (3rd). Expect a dearth from late Jun to early Nov. Nearest mapped water: pond, lake or river, less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 42nd percentile (spring 38th, summer 4th, fall 44th)
  • Florida: 25th percentile (spring 3rd, summer 6th, fall 59th)
  • Southern Coastal Plain: 27th percentile (spring 1st, summer 4th, fall 65th)

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)
  • Main flow: Jan 1 to Mar 15 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Summer-flowering trees (locust, linden), Summer-flowering shrubs
  • Dearth: Jun 16 to Nov 15
  • Fall flow: Dec 16 to Dec 31 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar)
  • Season ends: Dec 31

What the honey would be made of

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