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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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Forage report for 28.3181, -100.2620

Estimated forage here is better than about 0% of sites in Texas. Against other Texas sites it ranks highest in fall (36th percentile) and lowest in spring and summer (below the 1st). Expect a dearth from late Apr to late Oct. Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.17 mi NE.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 2nd percentile (spring 7th, summer 1st, fall 32nd)
  • Texas: 0th percentile (spring 0th, summer 0th, fall 36th)
  • Southern Texas Plains: 0th percentile (spring 0th, summer 0th, 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, Spring-flowering shrubs
  • Main flow: Feb 1 to Apr 15 — Native wildflowers, Spring-flowering shrubs
  • Dearth: Jan 16 to Jan 31
  • Dearth: Apr 16 to Oct 31
  • Fall flow: Aug 1 to Oct 31 — Rabbitbrush
  • Season ends: Oct 31

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Native wildflowers, Spring-flowering shrubs; light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Rabbitbrush, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster); dark amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Rabbitbrush; dark amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Rabbitbrush, Native wildflowers, Spring-flowering shrubs; dark 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.