Arcadia Bees
Nucs Queens About Nuc guide Forage Contact Join waitlist

Bee forage check

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.

Or tap the map. We don't store your address or exact location.

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 31.3172, -84.3410

Estimated forage here is better than about 77% of sites in Georgia. Against other Georgia sites it stands out most in summer (69th percentile) and lowest in spring and fall (56th). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 0.4 mi NW, grown 3 of the last 5 years); cotton (nearest 0.6 mi W, grown 2 of the last 5 years); soybeans (nearest 0.9 mi NW, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, 0.18 mi SE. 2 things to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 62nd percentile (spring 76th, summer 31st, fall 13th)
  • Georgia: 77th percentile (spring 56th, summer 69th, fall 56th)
  • Southeastern Plains: 64th percentile (spring 49th, summer 63rd, fall 54th)

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

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 91 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi NW, blooms late Apr – late May
  • Corn: about 143 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi SW, blooms late Apr – late May
  • Cotton: about 397 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi SW, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Cotton: about 512 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.6 mi N, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Cotton: about 568 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.6 mi NE, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Cotton: about 73 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi NW, blooms early Jun – early Aug

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Cotton, Dandelion; extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Cotton, Garden flowers, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red; extra light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Garden flowers, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster); amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Cotton, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion; 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.
  • Near a FEMA high-risk flood zone. A mapped high-risk flood zone (A) is within about 300 m. Check FEMA's map for the exact spot.

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.