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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 31.2045, -97.0319

Estimated forage here is better than about 77% of sites in Texas. Against other Texas sites it stands out most in spring (85th percentile) and lowest in fall (16th). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 0.4 mi SE, grown 4 of the last 5 years); sorghum (nearest 0.4 mi SE, grown 1 of the last 5 years); cotton (nearest 0.8 mi N, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.25 mi SW. 1 thing to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 70th percentile (spring 89th, summer 27th, fall 12th)
  • Texas: 77th percentile (spring 85th, summer 62nd, fall 16th)
  • Texas Blackland Prairies: 40th percentile (spring 50th, summer 29th, fall 22nd)

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

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 400 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi SE, blooms early May – early Jun
  • Corn: about 1,788 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi SW, blooms early May – early Jun
  • Corn: about 265 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi W, blooms early May – early Jun
  • Sorghum: about 32 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi SE, blooms early May – early Jun
  • Corn: about 189 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.7 mi SW, blooms early May – early Jun
  • Corn: about 333 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.3 mi SW, blooms early May – early Jun

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Dandelion; extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Garden flowers, Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard); extra light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Garden flowers, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster); amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Dandelion, Garden flowers; 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.
  • No digital FEMA flood map here. FEMA has no digital flood map for this area. Ask the county, and look for low ground near creeks before placing 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.