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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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Forage report for 29.7734, -98.4370

Estimated forage here is better than about 80% of sites in Texas. Against other Texas sites it stands out most in fall (81st percentile) and lowest in spring and summer (68th). Biggest nearby bee crops: sorghum (nearest 2.0 mi S, grown 1 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 3.2 mi SE, grown 3 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.24 mi NE.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 73rd percentile (spring 82nd, summer 29th, fall 65th)
  • Texas: 80th percentile (spring 68th, summer 68th, fall 81st)
  • Edwards Plateau: 98th percentile (spring 83rd, summer 97th, fall 44th)

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

Bee crops nearby

  • Sorghum: about 43 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.7 mi SW, blooms late Apr – late May
  • Sorghum: about 19 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.7 mi SW, blooms late Apr – late May
  • Sorghum: about 10 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.4 mi SE, blooms late Apr – late May
  • Sorghum: about 4 acres in a typical year, nearest 2 mi S, blooms late Apr – late May
  • Sorghum: about 12 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.8 mi SE, blooms late Apr – late May
  • Sorghum: about 8 acres in a typical year, nearest 3 mi SW, blooms late Apr – late May

What the honey would be made of

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