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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 27.3546, -80.2970

Estimated forage here is better than about 67% of sites in Florida. Against other Florida sites it stands out most in fall (85th percentile) and lowest in spring (44th). Expect a dearth from early Oct to late Nov. Biggest nearby bee crops: oranges (nearest 2.4 mi SE). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, 0.13 mi SE. 2 things to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 70th percentile (spring 62nd, summer 19th, fall 59th)
  • Florida: 67th percentile (spring 44th, summer 83rd, fall 85th)
  • Southern Coastal Plain: 66th percentile (spring 36th, summer 80th, fall 92nd)

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 Mar 31 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Dearth: Oct 1 to Nov 30
  • Fall flow: Apr 16 to Dec 31 — Dandelion, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Garden flowers
  • Season ends: Dec 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Oranges: about 1 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.4 mi SE, blooms early Feb – early Apr

What the honey would be made of

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

Things to watch

  • 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.
  • Near a FEMA high-risk flood zone. A mapped high-risk flood zone (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.