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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 29.3205, -98.6991

Estimated forage here is better than about 74% of sites in Texas. Against other Texas sites it stands out most in spring (68th percentile) and lowest in fall (22nd). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (right here, grown 2 of the last 5 years); sorghum (nearest 0.2 mi S, grown 2 of the last 5 years); cotton (nearest 1.4 mi SW, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, less than 0.1 mi away. 1 thing to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 67th percentile (spring 82nd, summer 18th, fall 19th)
  • Texas: 74th percentile (spring 68th, summer 35th, fall 22nd)
  • Texas Blackland Prairies: 33rd percentile (spring 20th, summer 4th, fall 38th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Jan 1 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Dandelion
  • Main flow: Jan 16 to May 31 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Season ends: Dec 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 32 acres in a typical year, nearest 0 mi , blooms late Apr – late May
  • Corn: about 472 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.7 mi E, blooms late Apr – late May
  • Sorghum: about 41 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi W, blooms late Apr – late May
  • Corn: about 35 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi SE, blooms late Apr – late May
  • Sorghum: about 11 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi S, blooms late Apr – late May
  • Sorghum: about 12 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi SW, blooms late Apr – late May

What the honey would be made of

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

Things to watch

  • Bee crops nearby that are often sprayed. Cotton: insecticides used on about 39% 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.