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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 30.0510, -97.7027

Estimated forage here is better than about 76% of sites in Texas. Against other Texas sites it stands out most in spring (75th percentile) and lowest in summer (52nd). Biggest nearby bee crops: sorghum (nearest 0.8 mi E, grown 3 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 1.4 mi E, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: pond, lake or river, less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 70th percentile (spring 84th, summer 24th, fall 45th)
  • Texas: 76th percentile (spring 75th, summer 52nd, fall 56th)
  • Texas Blackland Prairies: 38th percentile (spring 29th, summer 16th, fall 84th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Jan 1 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Dandelion
  • Main flow: Jan 16 to May 15 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Summer-flowering trees (locust, linden)
  • Fall flow: Jun 1 to Jun 15 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Sorghum: about 19 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi E, blooms late Apr – late May
  • Sorghum: about 34 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.2 mi N, blooms late Apr – late May
  • Corn: about 44 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.5 mi NE, blooms late Apr – late May
  • Sorghum: about 18 acres in a typical year, nearest 2 mi NW, blooms late Apr – late May
  • Sorghum: about 25 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.2 mi NW, blooms late Apr – late May
  • Sorghum: about 9 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.7 mi NW, blooms late Apr – late May

What the honey would be made of

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