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Forage report for 26.7316, -80.9523

Estimated forage here is better than about 55% of sites in Florida. Against other Florida sites it ranks highest in summer (49th percentile) and lowest in fall (17th). Expect a dearth from early Jul to early Dec. Biggest nearby bee crops: oranges (nearest 0.8 mi NE). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away. 2 things to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 60th percentile (spring 61st, summer 10th, fall 17th)
  • Florida: 55th percentile (spring 42nd, summer 49th, fall 17th)
  • Southern Florida Coastal Plain: 70th percentile (spring 86th, summer 52nd, fall 10th)

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, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Main flow: Jan 1 to Apr 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Dearth: Jul 1 to Dec 15
  • Fall flow: Dec 16 to Dec 31 — Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Season ends: Dec 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Oranges: about 4 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi NE, blooms late Feb – early Apr
  • Oranges: about 4 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.6 mi S, blooms late Feb – early Apr
  • Oranges: about 3 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.6 mi W, blooms late Feb – early Apr
  • Oranges: about 7 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.5 mi NW, blooms late Feb – early Apr
  • Oranges: about 2 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.6 mi S, blooms late Feb – early Apr
  • Oranges: about 2 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.2 mi W, blooms late Feb – early Apr

What the honey would be made of

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

Things to watch

  • Lots of crops with little or no bee value. About 51% of the land within 3 miles is in crops bees get little from (such as wheat and other grains).
  • Bee crops nearby that are often sprayed. Oranges: insecticides used on about 93% of surveyed US acres (2025). Figures are from USDA's Agricultural Chemical Use Survey, matched by crop type from the crop map. The survey counts any insecticide use in the crop year (not seed treatments) and doesn't say when; ask nearby growers about spray timing.

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.