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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 29.5252, -101.1528

Estimated forage here is better than about 3% of sites in Texas. Against other Texas sites it ranks highest in fall (47th percentile) and lowest in spring (3rd). Expect a dearth from late May to late Sep. Biggest nearby bee crops: cotton (nearest 1.9 mi S, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.17 mi N. 2 things to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 5th percentile (spring 21st, summer 3rd, fall 39th)
  • Texas: 3rd percentile (spring 3rd, summer 5th, fall 47th)
  • Chihuahuan Deserts: 18th percentile (spring 9th, summer 9th, fall 31st)

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

Season

  • First forage: Jan 1 — Native wildflowers, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Dandelion
  • Main flow: Feb 1 to Apr 30 — Native wildflowers, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Spring-flowering shrubs
  • Dearth: May 16 to Sep 30
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Cotton: about 2 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.9 mi S, blooms early Jun – late Jul

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Native wildflowers, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Spring-flowering shrubs, Clovers: white, alsike and red; extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Rabbitbrush, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Cotton, Garden flowers; amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Rabbitbrush, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster); dark amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Native wildflowers, Rabbitbrush, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster); 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.
  • Near a FEMA high-risk flood zone. A mapped high-risk flood zone (A) 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.