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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 31.4727, -96.9455

Estimated forage here is better than about 83% of sites in Texas. Against other Texas sites it stands out most in spring (88th percentile) and lowest in fall (28th). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 1.0 mi S, grown 3 of the last 5 years); sorghum (nearest 1.6 mi NE, grown 3 of the last 5 years); cotton (nearest 3.4 mi SW, grown 2 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: pond, lake or river, less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 75th percentile (spring 91st, summer 31st, fall 24th)
  • Texas: 83rd percentile (spring 88th, summer 72nd, fall 28th)
  • Texas Blackland Prairies: 54th percentile (spring 57th, summer 47th, fall 48th)

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)
  • Main flow: Feb 1 to May 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Dandelion
  • Fall flow: Jun 1 to Jun 30 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Season ends: Sep 30

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 212 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.7 mi E, blooms early May – early Jun
  • Sorghum: about 52 acres in a typical year, nearest 2 mi NE, blooms early May – early Jun
  • Sorghum: about 13 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.6 mi NE, blooms early May – early Jun
  • Corn: about 3 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi S, blooms early May – early Jun
  • Corn: about 104 acres in a typical year, nearest 3.2 mi N, blooms early May – early Jun
  • Sorghum: about 24 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.4 mi S, 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; extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Dandelion, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster); 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, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster); 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.