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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 27.4911, -99.3742

Estimated forage here is better than about 16% of sites in Texas. Against other Texas sites it ranks highest in fall (43rd percentile) and lowest in spring (14th). Nearest mapped water: pond, lake or river, less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 20th percentile (spring 38th, summer 7th, fall 36th)
  • Texas: 16th percentile (spring 14th, summer 16th, fall 43rd)
  • Southern Texas Plains: 72nd percentile (spring 59th, summer 81st, fall 73rd)

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, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: Feb 1 to Mar 31 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Season ends: Dec 31

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Summer-flowering shrubs, Garden flowers; extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Garden flowers, Rabbitbrush, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion; dark amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Rabbitbrush, Garden flowers; dark amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Garden flowers, Dandelion, Rabbitbrush; extra light amber

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.