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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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Forage report for 29.4166, -96.3786

Estimated forage here is better than about 88% of sites in Texas. Against other Texas sites it stands out most in spring (89th percentile) and lowest in fall (14th). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 0.7 mi SW); cotton (right here, grown 1 of the last 5 years); soybeans (nearest 0.9 mi NW, 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: 79th percentile (spring 92nd, summer 21st, fall 10th)
  • Texas: 88th percentile (spring 89th, summer 42nd, fall 14th)
  • Western Gulf Coastal Plain: 73rd percentile (spring 85th, summer 51st, fall 30th)

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

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 3,676 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi SW, blooms late Apr – late May
  • Corn: about 257 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi NW, blooms late Apr – late May
  • Corn: about 1,834 acres in a typical year, nearest 2 mi NE, blooms late Apr – late May
  • Corn: about 83 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi NW, blooms late Apr – late May
  • Cotton: about 42 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi E, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 125 acres in a typical year, nearest 2 mi NE, blooms early Apr – early Jun

What the honey would be made of

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