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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 27.9016, -99.5095

Estimated forage here is better than about 5% of sites in Texas. Against other Texas sites it ranks highest in fall (36th percentile) and lowest in summer (3rd). Expect a dearth from late May to late Sep. Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.2 mi W.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 7th percentile (spring 26th, summer 2nd, fall 32nd)
  • Texas: 5th percentile (spring 6th, summer 3rd, fall 36th)
  • Southern Texas Plains: 34th percentile (spring 35th, summer 28th, fall 41st)

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

Season

  • First forage: Jan 1 — Native wildflowers, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Dandelion
  • Main flow: Feb 1 to Apr 15 — Summer-flowering trees (locust, linden), Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Native wildflowers
  • Dearth: May 16 to Sep 30
  • Fall flow: May 1 to May 15 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Native wildflowers, Summer-flowering shrubs
  • Season ends: Dec 31

What the honey would be made of

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