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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 29.4515, -95.0543

Estimated forage here is better than about 88% of sites in Texas. Against other Texas sites it stands out most in spring (66th percentile) and lowest in fall (44th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 1.1 mi S, grown 1 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 2.6 mi S, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, less than 0.1 mi away. 2 things to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 79th percentile (spring 81st, summer 27th, fall 36th)
  • Texas: 88th percentile (spring 66th, summer 61st, fall 44th)
  • Western Gulf Coastal Plain: 72nd percentile (spring 55th, summer 67th, fall 61st)

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), Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: Jan 16 to Apr 30 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Fall flow: Jun 1 to Jun 15 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Season ends: Dec 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 3 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi S, blooms early Apr – early Jun
  • Soybeans: about 3 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.3 mi S, blooms early Apr – early Jun
  • Soybeans: about 1 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi S, blooms early Apr – early Jun
  • Soybeans: about 6 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.9 mi SW, blooms early Apr – early Jun
  • Soybeans: about 2 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.5 mi S, blooms early Apr – early Jun
  • Soybeans: about 5 acres in a typical year, nearest 3 mi S, 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, Summer-flowering shrubs; extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Garden flowers, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster); light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Garden flowers, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster); amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Dandelion, Garden flowers; extra light amber

Things to watch

  • Heavily developed. About 60% of the land within a mile is developed. Less room for forage, and more neighbors near the hives.
  • Near a FEMA high-risk flood zone. A mapped high-risk flood zone (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.