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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 28.4599, -80.7118

Estimated forage here is better than about 80% of sites in Florida. Against other Florida sites it stands out most in spring (78th percentile) and lowest in fall (49th). Expect a dearth from early Oct to late Nov. 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: 80th percentile (spring 78th, summer 13th, fall 40th)
  • Florida: 80th percentile (spring 78th, summer 68th, fall 49th)
  • Southern Coastal Plain: 81st percentile (spring 76th, summer 67th, fall 54th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Jan 1 — Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: Jan 16 to Apr 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Summer-flowering shrubs
  • Dearth: Jul 1 to Jul 31
  • Dearth: Oct 1 to Nov 30
  • Season ends: Dec 31

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Summer-flowering shrubs, Dandelion, Oranges; extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Garden flowers, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster); amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Garden flowers, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar); amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Summer-flowering shrubs, Dandelion, Garden flowers; extra light amber

Things to watch

  • Near a FEMA high-risk flood zone. A mapped high-risk flood zone (AE) is within about 300 m. Check FEMA's map for the exact spot.

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.