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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 30.8944, -83.7410

Estimated forage here is better than about 85% of sites in Georgia. Against other Georgia sites it stands out most in summer (91st percentile) and lowest in fall (31st). Biggest nearby bee crops: cotton (nearest 0.2 mi NE, grown 2 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.4 mi S, grown 1 of the last 5 years); soybeans (nearest 0.2 mi NE, grown 2 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, 0.17 mi NW. 1 thing to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 67th percentile (spring 71st, summer 47th, fall 6th)
  • Georgia: 85th percentile (spring 45th, summer 91st, fall 31st)
  • Southeastern Plains: 71st percentile (spring 37th, summer 76th, fall 30th)

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

Season

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

Bee crops nearby

  • Cotton: about 440 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi NE, blooms early Jun – late Jul
  • Cotton: about 644 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi S, blooms early Jun – late Jul
  • Cotton: about 69 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi SW, blooms early Jun – late Jul
  • Cotton: about 63 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi SE, blooms early Jun – late Jul
  • Corn: about 45 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi S, blooms late Apr – late May
  • Soybeans: about 27 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi N, blooms early Apr – early Jun

What the honey would be made of

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

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.