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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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Forage report for 28.9794, -81.5319

Estimated forage here is better than about 72% of sites in Florida. Against other Florida sites it stands out most in spring (86th percentile) and lowest in fall (48th). Biggest nearby bee crops: oranges (nearest 0.5 mi SE). Nearest mapped water: pond, lake or river, 0.15 mi SW. 1 thing to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 75th percentile (spring 84th, summer 11th, fall 39th)
  • Florida: 72nd percentile (spring 86th, summer 54th, fall 48th)
  • Southern Coastal Plain: 72nd percentile (spring 85th, summer 55th, fall 53rd)

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: Feb 1 to Apr 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Oranges, Dandelion
  • Season ends: Dec 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Oranges: about 16 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi SE, blooms late Feb – late Apr
  • Oranges: about 68 acres in a typical year, nearest 3.2 mi S, blooms late Feb – late Apr
  • Oranges: about 6 acres in a typical year, nearest 3.5 mi S, blooms late Feb – late Apr

What the honey would be made of

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

Things to watch

  • 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.