Bee forage check

How good is this spot for honey bees?

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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 27.4908, -99.3817

Estimated forage here is better than about 17% of sites in Texas. Against other Texas sites it ranks highest in fall (42nd percentile) and lowest in spring (14th). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away. 1 thing to watch (below).

Ranking

Continental US: 21st percentile (spring 40th, summer 8th, fall 36th)
Texas: 17th percentile (spring 14th, summer 16th, fall 42nd)
Southern Texas Plains: 73rd percentile (spring 61st, summer 82nd, fall 72nd)

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

Things to watch

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