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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 31.8309, -99.4228

Estimated forage here is better than about 77% of sites in Texas. Against other Texas sites it stands out most in spring (84th percentile) and lowest in fall (31st). Biggest nearby bee crops: sorghum (nearest 0.4 mi NE, grown 1 of the last 5 years); cotton (nearest 0.9 mi E, grown 3 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 1.0 mi E, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.15 mi N. 2 things to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 70th percentile (spring 88th, summer 37th, fall 27th)
  • Texas: 77th percentile (spring 84th, summer 81st, fall 31st)
  • Central Great Plains: 75th percentile (spring 98th, summer 21st, fall 28th)

Percentile among 3,000 random land points across Texas, scored the same way; land in general, not beekeepers' yards.

Season

  • First forage: Jan 16 — Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: Feb 16 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), Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Season ends: Sep 30

Bee crops nearby

  • Sorghum: about 266 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi E, blooms early May – early Jun
  • Sorghum: about 70 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi E, blooms early May – early Jun
  • Cotton: about 182 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.4 mi E, blooms late Jun – early Aug
  • Cotton: about 80 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.4 mi SW, blooms late Jun – early Aug
  • Sorghum: about 58 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.3 mi N, blooms early May – early Jun
  • Sorghum: about 7 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi NE, 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), Summer-flowering trees (locust, linden); extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Cotton, Garden flowers, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion; 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), Cotton; extra light amber

Things to watch

  • Heavily developed. About 66% of the land within a mile is developed. Less room for forage, and more neighbors near the hives.
  • 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.
  • No digital FEMA flood map here. FEMA has no digital flood map for this area. Ask the county, and look for low ground near creeks before placing 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.