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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 29.7635, -89.7882

Estimated forage here is better than about 2% of sites in Louisiana. Against other Louisiana sites it stands out most in fall (61st percentile) and lowest in spring (1st). Expect a dearth from late May to late Sep. Nearest mapped water: pond, lake or river, less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 7th percentile (spring 23rd, summer 4th, fall 34th)
  • Louisiana: 2nd percentile (spring 1st, summer 4th, fall 61st)
  • Mississippi Alluvial Plain: 1st percentile (spring 1st, summer 3rd, fall 74th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Jan 1 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Dandelion
  • Main flow: Jan 16 to Apr 15 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Native wildflowers
  • Dearth: May 16 to Sep 30
  • Fall flow: May 1 to May 15 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Native wildflowers
  • Season ends: Dec 31

What the honey would be made of

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

Things to watch

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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.