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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 27.5002, -99.3015

Estimated forage here is better than about 8% of sites in Texas. Against other Texas sites it ranks highest in fall (38th percentile) and lowest in summer (5th). Expect a dearth from late May to late Sep. Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 9th percentile (spring 26th, summer 3rd, fall 33rd)
  • Texas: 8th percentile (spring 6th, summer 5th, fall 38th)
  • Southern Texas Plains: 47th percentile (spring 36th, summer 42nd, fall 56th)

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, Native wildflowers, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar)
  • Main flow: Jan 16 to Mar 31 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Native wildflowers, Dandelion
  • Dearth: May 16 to Sep 30
  • Fall flow: Apr 16 to Apr 30 — Native wildflowers, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Summer-flowering shrubs
  • Season ends: Dec 31

What the honey would be made of

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