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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 29.9716, -98.9045

Estimated forage here is better than about 88% of sites in Texas. Against other Texas sites it stands out most in spring (88th percentile) and lowest in fall (55th). Biggest nearby bee crops: sorghum (nearest 0.6 mi S, grown 2 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 2.9 mi E, grown 3 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.14 mi S. 2 things to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 78th percentile (spring 90th, summer 31st, fall 44th)
  • Texas: 88th percentile (spring 88th, summer 72nd, fall 55th)
  • Edwards Plateau: 100th percentile (spring 100th, summer 98th, fall 18th)

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

Bee crops nearby

  • Sorghum: about 14 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi S, blooms early May – late May
  • Sorghum: about 5 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi SW, blooms early May – late May
  • Sorghum: about 21 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.1 mi SW, blooms early May – late May
  • Sorghum: about 4 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.7 mi E, blooms early May – late May
  • Sorghum: about 4 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.6 mi E, blooms early May – late May
  • Sorghum: about 2 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.4 mi NW, blooms early May – 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, Dandelion, Summer-flowering shrubs; extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Garden flowers, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red; light 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, Dandelion, Garden flowers; extra light amber

Things to watch

  • Heavily developed. About 57% 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 (A, 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.