Bee forage check

How good is this spot for honey bees?

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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 29.1739, -100.4111

Estimated forage here is better than about 13% of sites in Texas. Against other Texas sites it ranks highest in fall (43rd percentile) and lowest in summer (12th). Nearest mapped water: pond, lake or river, 0.46 mi SE.

Ranking

Continental US: 16th percentile (spring 39th, summer 6th, fall 36th)
Texas: 13th percentile (spring 14th, summer 12th, fall 43rd)
Southern Texas Plains: 64th percentile (spring 59th, summer 73rd, fall 73rd)

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, Clovers: white, alsike and red
Main flow: Jan 16 to Mar 31 — Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red
Fall flow: Apr 16 to Apr 30 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Native wildflowers, Summer-flowering shrubs
Season ends: Oct 31

What the honey would be made of

Spring honey (March to June): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Native wildflowers, Summer-flowering shrubs; extra light amber
Summer honey (July and August): Garden flowers, Rabbitbrush, Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red; 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, Dandelion, Rabbitbrush, Garden flowers; 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.