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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 31.5410, -96.8300

Estimated forage here is better than about 86% of sites in Texas. Against other Texas sites it stands out most in spring (94th percentile) and lowest in fall (19th). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 0.4 mi SE, grown 4 of the last 5 years); sorghum (nearest 0.6 mi NW, grown 2 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: pond, lake or river, 0.28 mi E. 1 thing to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 77th percentile (spring 94th, summer 33rd, fall 16th)
  • Texas: 86th percentile (spring 94th, summer 75th, fall 19th)
  • Texas Blackland Prairies: 62nd percentile (spring 77th, summer 57th, fall 31st)

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 Jun 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Season ends: Sep 30

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 3,521 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi SE, blooms early May – early Jun
  • Corn: about 734 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi N, blooms early May – early Jun
  • Corn: about 593 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.5 mi NE, blooms early May – early Jun
  • Corn: about 172 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.3 mi NW, blooms early May – early Jun
  • Corn: about 28 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi SE, blooms early May – early Jun
  • Corn: about 39 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi SW, blooms early May – early Jun

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard); extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Garden flowers, Clovers: white, alsike and red, 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, Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Garden flowers; extra light amber

Things to watch

  • Heavily developed. About 50% of the land within a mile is developed. Less room for forage, and more neighbors near the 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.