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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 29.3941, -98.3460

Estimated forage here is better than about 87% of sites in Texas. Against other Texas sites it stands out most in spring (81st percentile) and lowest in fall (27th). Biggest nearby bee crops: sorghum (nearest 0.3 mi W); corn (nearest 0.7 mi W, grown 1 of the last 5 years); sunflower (nearest 2.7 mi NW, grown 3 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away. 1 thing to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 78th percentile (spring 87th, summer 24th, fall 23rd)
  • Texas: 87th percentile (spring 81st, summer 53rd, fall 27th)
  • Texas Blackland Prairies: 65th percentile (spring 40th, summer 17th, fall 46th)

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, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Main flow: Jan 16 to Apr 30 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Fall flow: May 16 to Jun 15 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Season ends: Dec 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Sorghum: about 106 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi W, blooms late Apr – late May
  • Sorghum: about 45 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.5 mi NW, blooms late Apr – late May
  • Sorghum: about 21 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.4 mi NE, blooms late Apr – late May
  • Sorghum: about 16 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.4 mi SE, blooms late Apr – late May
  • Sorghum: about 35 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.7 mi NW, blooms late Apr – late May
  • Sorghum: about 31 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.8 mi SE, 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, Dandelion, Summer-flowering shrubs; extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Garden flowers, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion; extra light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Garden flowers, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster); amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Garden flowers; extra light amber

Things to watch

  • Near a FEMA high-risk flood zone. A mapped high-risk flood zone (A, AE) is within about 300 m. Check FEMA's map for the exact spot.

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.