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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 31.1950, -97.3002

Estimated forage here is better than about 74% of sites in Texas. Against other Texas sites it stands out most in spring (81st percentile) and lowest in fall (27th). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 0.3 mi SE, grown 2 of the last 5 years); sorghum (nearest 0.4 mi E, grown 1 of the last 5 years); cotton (nearest 1.2 mi NE, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, 0.11 mi SE. 1 thing to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 68th percentile (spring 87th, summer 27th, fall 23rd)
  • Texas: 74th percentile (spring 81st, summer 64th, fall 27th)
  • Texas Blackland Prairies: 34th percentile (spring 39th, summer 33rd, fall 46th)

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)
  • Season ends: Sep 30

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 94 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi SE, blooms early May – early Jun
  • Sorghum: about 23 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi NW, blooms early May – early Jun
  • Corn: about 65 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi NE, blooms early May – early Jun
  • Sorghum: about 16 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi E, blooms early May – early Jun
  • Corn: about 229 acres in a typical year, nearest 2 mi NE, blooms early May – early Jun
  • Sorghum: about 50 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi NE, 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, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Clovers: white, alsike and red; extra light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Garden flowers; amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, 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.