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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 30.5419, -97.5432

Estimated forage here is better than about 82% of sites in Texas. Against other Texas sites it stands out most in spring (84th percentile) and lowest in fall (30th). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 0.3 mi NE, grown 3 of the last 5 years); sorghum (nearest 0.3 mi NE, grown 1 of the last 5 years); cotton (nearest 0.3 mi NE, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: pond, lake or river, 0.15 mi E. 3 things to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 74th percentile (spring 89th, summer 30th, fall 26th)
  • Texas: 82nd percentile (spring 84th, summer 70th, fall 30th)
  • Texas Blackland Prairies: 51st percentile (spring 47th, summer 45th, fall 54th)

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

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 4,507 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi E, blooms late Apr – late May
  • Corn: about 3,255 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi E, blooms late Apr – late May
  • Corn: about 117 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi NE, blooms late Apr – late May
  • Corn: about 74 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi N, blooms late Apr – late May
  • Corn: about 189 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.6 mi S, blooms late Apr – late May
  • Sorghum: about 21 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi NE, blooms late Apr – late May

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Garden flowers; extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Garden flowers, Cotton, 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): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Garden flowers, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard); extra light amber

Things to watch

  • Heavily developed. About 68% of the land within a mile is developed. Less room for forage, and more neighbors near the hives.
  • Bee crops nearby that are often sprayed. Cotton: insecticides used on about 39% of surveyed US acres (2025). Figures are from USDA's Agricultural Chemical Use Survey, matched by crop type from the crop map. The survey counts any insecticide use in the crop year (not seed treatments) and doesn't say when; ask nearby growers about spray timing.
  • 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.