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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 28.9548, -80.9399

Estimated forage here is better than about 59% of sites in Florida. Against other Florida sites it stands out most in fall (53rd percentile) and lowest in spring (38th). Expect a dearth from early Oct to late Nov. Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 63rd percentile (spring 59th, summer 9th, fall 41st)
  • Florida: 59th percentile (spring 38th, summer 44th, fall 53rd)
  • Southern Coastal Plain: 58th percentile (spring 30th, summer 44th, fall 58th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Jan 1 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Dandelion
  • Main flow: Jan 1 to Mar 31 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • 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, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Dandelion; extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Garden flowers; 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, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Dandelion; extra light amber

Things to watch

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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.