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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 30.8086, -97.6163

Estimated forage here is better than about 76% of sites in Texas. Against other Texas sites it stands out most in spring (81st percentile) and lowest in fall (19th). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 0.5 mi S, grown 2 of the last 5 years); sorghum (nearest 0.6 mi SW, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.19 mi NE.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 70th percentile (spring 87th, summer 27th, fall 15th)
  • Texas: 76th percentile (spring 81st, summer 64th, fall 19th)
  • Texas Blackland Prairies: 39th percentile (spring 40th, summer 32nd, fall 30th)

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: 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 152 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi W, blooms early May – early Jun
  • Corn: about 74 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi NW, blooms early May – early Jun
  • Corn: about 267 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.5 mi SW, blooms early May – early Jun
  • Sorghum: about 39 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi W, blooms early May – early Jun
  • Corn: about 11 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi S, blooms early May – early Jun
  • Corn: about 33 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.6 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 trees (locust, linden); extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Garden flowers, 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

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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.