Bee forage check

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 29.9851, -81.6824

Estimated forage here is better than about 62% of sites in Florida. Against other Florida sites it stands out most in summer (81st percentile) and lowest in fall (42nd). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, less than 0.1 mi away. 2 things to watch (below).

Ranking

Continental US: 66th percentile (spring 65th, summer 18th, fall 36th)
Florida: 62nd percentile (spring 52nd, summer 81st, fall 42nd)
Southern Coastal Plain: 62nd percentile (spring 47th, summer 79th, fall 46th)

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, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Clovers: white, alsike and red
Main flow: Jan 16 to Apr 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar)
Season ends: Dec 31

What the honey would be made of

Spring honey (March to June): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Summer-flowering shrubs, 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): Garden flowers, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster); amber
Whole season (March to November): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Garden flowers, Summer-flowering shrubs; 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 (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.