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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 29.6460, -82.5924

Estimated forage here is better than about 62% of sites in Florida. Against other Florida sites it stands out most in spring and summer (78th percentile) and lowest in fall (23rd). Biggest nearby bee crops: peas (right here, grown 3 of the last 5 years); soybeans (nearest 0.3 mi N, grown 1 of the last 5 years); watermelons (nearest 1.3 mi SE, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: pond, lake or river, 0.58 mi NW. 1 thing to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 66th percentile (spring 78th, summer 16th, fall 22nd)
  • Florida: 62nd percentile (spring 78th, summer 78th, fall 23rd)
  • Southern Coastal Plain: 62nd percentile (spring 76th, summer 76th, fall 25th)

Percentile among 3,000 random land points across Florida, 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: Feb 1 to Apr 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Peas, Dandelion
  • Season ends: Dec 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Peas: about 59 acres in a typical year, nearest 0 mi , blooms late Feb – early Apr
  • Peas: about 15 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi N, blooms late Feb – early Apr
  • Peas: about 103 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.7 mi SE, blooms late Feb – early Apr
  • Peas: about 47 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi E, blooms late Feb – early Apr
  • Peas: about 12 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi SE, blooms late Feb – early Apr
  • Soybeans: about 3 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi N, blooms early Apr – early Jun

What the honey would be made of

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

Things to watch

  • Bee crops nearby that are often sprayed. Watermelons: insecticides used on about 38% of surveyed US acres (2024). 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.

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.