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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 31.7271, -97.1128

Estimated forage here is better than about 88% of sites in Texas. Against other Texas sites it stands out most in spring (95th percentile) and lowest in fall (23rd). Biggest nearby bee crops: sorghum (nearest 0.9 mi E, grown 3 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.6 mi SE, grown 3 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 79th percentile (spring 95th, summer 32nd, fall 19th)
  • Texas: 88th percentile (spring 95th, summer 74th, fall 23rd)
  • Texas Blackland Prairies: 67th percentile (spring 81st, summer 54th, fall 39th)

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), Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • 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 Jun 30 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Season ends: Jul 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Sorghum: about 81 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi E, blooms early May – early Jun
  • Sorghum: about 90 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.3 mi SW, blooms early May – early Jun
  • Corn: about 98 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.4 mi NE, blooms early May – early Jun
  • Corn: about 34 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi SW, blooms early May – early Jun
  • Corn: about 39 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi NW, blooms early May – early Jun
  • Corn: about 76 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.4 mi S, blooms early May – early Jun

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Dandelion; extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard); extra light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Garden flowers; amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), 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.