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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 28.7885, -81.2728

Estimated forage here is better than about 87% of sites in Florida. Against other Florida sites it stands out most in summer (97th percentile) and lowest in fall (62nd). Expect a dearth from early Oct to early Dec. Biggest nearby bee crops: oranges (nearest 2.4 mi E). Nearest mapped water: open water, 0.24 mi E. 2 things to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 85th percentile (spring 75th, summer 30th, fall 45th)
  • Florida: 87th percentile (spring 74th, summer 97th, fall 62nd)
  • Southern Coastal Plain: 87th percentile (spring 71st, summer 96th, fall 67th)

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 1 to Mar 31 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Dearth: Oct 1 to Dec 15
  • Season ends: Dec 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Oranges: about 10 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.4 mi E, blooms late Feb – late Apr
  • Oranges: about 14 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.9 mi E, blooms late Feb – late Apr
  • Oranges: about 6 acres in a typical year, nearest 3.4 mi SE, blooms late Feb – late Apr

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Garden flowers, Lindens / basswood; extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Garden flowers
  • Fall honey (September to November): Garden flowers, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster); amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Garden flowers, Lindens / basswood; extra light amber

Things to watch

  • Heavily developed. About 94% of the land within a mile is developed. Less room for forage, and more neighbors near the hives.
  • Bee crops nearby that are often sprayed. Oranges: insecticides used on about 93% of surveyed US acres (2025). Figures are from USDA's Agricultural Chemical Use Survey, matched by crop type from the crop map. The survey counts any insecticide use in the crop year (not seed treatments) and doesn't say when; ask nearby growers about spray timing.
  • Flood map not checked. FEMA's flood map service didn't answer. Check it directly.

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.