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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 27.6807, -99.1823

Estimated forage here is better than about 6% of sites in Texas. Against other Texas sites it ranks highest in fall (39th percentile) and lowest in spring (4th). Expect a dearth from late May to late Sep. Nearest mapped water: pond, lake or river, less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 7th percentile (spring 22nd, summer 3rd, fall 34th)
  • Texas: 6th percentile (spring 4th, summer 5th, fall 39th)
  • Southern Texas Plains: 37th percentile (spring 29th, summer 43rd, fall 59th)

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, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: Feb 1 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, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Spotted and diffuse knapweed
  • Season ends: Dec 31

What the honey would be made of

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