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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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Forage report for 31.0880, -92.3981

Estimated forage here is better than about 78% of sites in Louisiana. Against other Louisiana sites it stands out most in summer (89th percentile) and lowest in fall (33rd). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.1 mi SE); corn (nearest 0.8 mi NW, grown 2 of the last 5 years); sorghum (nearest 0.8 mi S, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.14 mi E.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 79th percentile (spring 96th, summer 40th, fall 18th)
  • Louisiana: 78th percentile (spring 86th, summer 89th, fall 33rd)
  • South Central Plains: 89th percentile (spring 93rd, summer 96th, fall 16th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Jan 1 — Dandelion, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: Apr 16 to Jun 15 — Soybeans
  • Season ends: Jul 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 3,524 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi NE, blooms early Apr – late Jun
  • Soybeans: about 110 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi SW, blooms early Apr – late Jun
  • Soybeans: about 774 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi N, blooms early Apr – late Jun
  • Soybeans: about 45 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi W, blooms early Apr – late Jun
  • Soybeans: about 136 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.3 mi S, blooms early Apr – late Jun
  • Soybeans: about 31 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi SE, blooms early Apr – late Jun

What the honey would be made of

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