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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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Forage report for 27.5033, -81.2387

Estimated forage here is better than about 100% of sites in Florida. Against other Florida sites it stands out most in spring (100th percentile) and lowest in summer and fall (5th). Expect a dearth from early Jul to early Dec. Biggest nearby bee crops: oranges (right here); peaches (nearest 3.3 mi S). 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: 100th percentile (spring 100th, summer 3rd, fall 8th)
  • Florida: 100th percentile (spring 100th, summer 5th, fall 5th)
  • Southern Coastal Plain: 100th percentile (spring 100th, summer 4th, fall 6th)

Percentile among 3,000 random land points across Florida, scored the same way; land in general, not beekeepers' yards.

Season

  • First forage: Feb 16 — Oranges
  • Main flow: Feb 16 to Apr 15 — Oranges
  • Dearth: Jul 1 to Dec 15
  • Season ends: Apr 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Oranges: about 4,402 acres in a typical year, nearest 0 mi , blooms late Feb – early Apr
  • Oranges: about 1,249 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.8 mi SW, blooms late Feb – early Apr
  • Oranges: about 271 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.8 mi S, blooms late Feb – early Apr
  • Oranges: about 123 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.3 mi NW, blooms late Feb – early Apr
  • Oranges: about 186 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.9 mi NW, blooms late Feb – early Apr
  • Oranges: about 30 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.7 mi SE, blooms late Feb – early Apr

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Oranges; white
  • Summer honey (July and August): Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Garden flowers; amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster); amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Oranges; white

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.
  • Flood map not checked. FEMA's flood map service didn't answer. Check it directly.

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.