Bee forage check

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Forage report for 28.5087, -100.3074

Estimated forage here is better than about 14% of sites in Texas. Against other Texas sites it ranks highest in fall (37th percentile) and lowest in summer (12th). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 1.6 mi W, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.12 mi N.

Ranking

Continental US: 17th percentile (spring 43rd, summer 6th, fall 32nd)
Texas: 14th percentile (spring 17th, summer 12th, fall 37th)
Southern Texas Plains: 68th percentile (spring 66th, summer 74th, fall 49th)

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, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red
Main flow: Jan 16 to Apr 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

Corn: about 8 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.6 mi W, blooms late Apr – late May

What the honey would be made of

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