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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 30.1819, -92.5028

Estimated forage here is better than about 35% of sites in Louisiana. Against other Louisiana sites it ranks highest in spring (37th percentile) and lowest in fall (14th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.5 mi W, grown 3 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: open water, 0.12 mi E. 1 thing to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 41st percentile (spring 65th, summer 11th, fall 7th)
  • Louisiana: 35th percentile (spring 37th, summer 36th, fall 14th)
  • Western Gulf Coastal Plain: 24th percentile (spring 32nd, summer 16th, fall 24th)

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), Dandelion, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar)
  • Main flow: Jan 16 to May 15 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Fall flow: Jun 1 to Jun 15 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Soybeans
  • Season ends: Dec 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 157 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.3 mi SW, blooms early Apr – early Jun
  • Soybeans: about 435 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.6 mi W, blooms early Apr – early Jun
  • Soybeans: about 19 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi W, blooms early Apr – early Jun
  • Soybeans: about 171 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.7 mi W, blooms early Apr – early Jun
  • Soybeans: about 400 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.4 mi S, blooms early Apr – early Jun
  • Soybeans: about 29 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.4 mi W, blooms early Apr – early Jun

What the honey would be made of

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

Things to watch

  • Near a FEMA high-risk flood zone. A mapped high-risk flood zone (A) 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.