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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 31.2239, -99.2049

Estimated forage here is better than about 72% of sites in Texas. Against other Texas sites it stands out most in spring (82nd percentile) and lowest in summer (53rd). Biggest nearby bee crops: sorghum (nearest 0.7 mi SE, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 65th percentile (spring 88th, summer 24th, fall 54th)
  • Texas: 72nd percentile (spring 82nd, summer 53rd, fall 68th)
  • Central Great Plains: 71st percentile (spring 98th, summer 8th, fall 55th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Jan 16 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Dandelion
  • Main flow: Feb 16 to May 15 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Summer-flowering trees (locust, linden), Summer-flowering shrubs
  • Fall flow: Jun 1 to Jun 15 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Summer-flowering shrubs
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Sorghum: about 15 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.4 mi N, blooms early May – early Jun
  • Sorghum: about 33 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.8 mi SW, blooms early May – early Jun
  • Sorghum: about 10 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.5 mi SW, blooms early May – early Jun
  • Sorghum: about 4 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi SW, blooms early May – early Jun
  • Sorghum: about 2 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi SE, blooms early May – early Jun
  • Sorghum: about 4 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi E, blooms early May – early Jun

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Summer-flowering trees (locust, linden), Summer-flowering shrubs, Clovers: white, alsike and red; extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion; 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), Summer-flowering trees (locust, linden), Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Summer-flowering shrubs; extra light amber

Things to watch

  • 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.