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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 30.8089, -97.5980

Estimated forage here is better than about 76% of sites in Texas. Against other Texas sites it stands out most in spring (77th percentile) and lowest in fall (21st). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 0.6 mi N, grown 2 of the last 5 years); sorghum (nearest 0.6 mi N, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away. 1 thing to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 69th percentile (spring 85th, summer 29th, fall 18th)
  • Texas: 76th percentile (spring 77th, summer 67th, fall 21st)
  • Texas Blackland Prairies: 37th percentile (spring 33rd, summer 37th, fall 36th)

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

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 199 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.6 mi NE, blooms early May – early Jun
  • Corn: about 74 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.3 mi NW, blooms early May – early Jun
  • Corn: about 15 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi N, blooms early May – early Jun
  • Corn: about 152 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.8 mi W, blooms early May – early Jun
  • Corn: about 267 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.4 mi SW, blooms early May – early Jun
  • Corn: about 33 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.4 mi S, blooms early May – early Jun

What the honey would be made of

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

Things to watch

  • Heavily developed. About 60% of the land within a mile is developed. Less room for forage, and more neighbors near the hives.

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.