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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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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 31.5139, -83.7904

Estimated forage here is better than about 93% of sites in Georgia. Against other Georgia sites it stands out most in summer (85th percentile) and lowest in fall (59th). Biggest nearby bee crops: cotton (nearest 0.3 mi E, grown 4 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.6 mi E, grown 1 of the last 5 years); squash (nearest 0.5 mi NE, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, 0.26 mi S. 1 thing to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 74th percentile (spring 81st, summer 40th, fall 14th)
  • Georgia: 93rd percentile (spring 69th, summer 85th, fall 59th)
  • Southeastern Plains: 81st percentile (spring 64th, summer 72nd, fall 57th)

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, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Main flow: Feb 1 to Apr 30 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Fall flow: May 16 to Jul 31 — Cotton, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Season ends: Dec 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Cotton: about 72 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi NE, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Cotton: about 210 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi S, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Cotton: about 47 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi W, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Cotton: about 16 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi E, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Cotton: about 226 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.4 mi SE, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Cotton: about 123 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.3 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; 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); Squash: insecticides used on about 71% of surveyed US acres (2024). 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.
  • Flood map not checked. FEMA's flood map service didn't answer. Check it directly.

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.