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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 30.7473, -86.9216

Estimated forage here is better than about 6% of sites in Florida. Spring, summer and fall all rank about the same against other Florida sites. Biggest nearby bee crops: cotton (nearest 2.1 mi SE, grown 1 of the last 5 years); millet (nearest 2.0 mi SE, grown 2 of the last 5 years); soybeans (nearest 2.1 mi SE, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, 0.12 mi S. 2 things to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 21st percentile (spring 54th, summer 7th, fall 19th)
  • Florida: 6th percentile (spring 27th, summer 25th, fall 19th)
  • Southeastern Plains: 4th percentile (spring 3rd, summer 2nd, fall 72nd)

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

Season

  • First forage: Jan 1 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Early trees (maple, willow, poplar)
  • Main flow: Jan 16 to Apr 30 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Summer-flowering shrubs, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar)
  • Fall flow: May 16 to Jun 15 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Summer-flowering shrubs
  • Season ends: Dec 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Cotton: about 22 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.3 mi NW, blooms early Jun – late Jul
  • Millet: about 15 acres in a typical year, nearest 2 mi SE, blooms late Apr – late May
  • Millet: about 11 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.1 mi NW, blooms late Apr – late May
  • Cotton: about 10 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.2 mi E, blooms early Jun – late Jul
  • Cotton: about 9 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.3 mi SE, blooms early Jun – late Jul
  • Soybeans: about 3 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.1 mi SE, blooms early Apr – early Jun

What the honey would be made of

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

Things to watch

  • 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 (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.