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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 31.8942, -96.7142

Estimated forage here is better than about 89% of sites in Texas. Against other Texas sites it stands out most in spring (94th percentile) and lowest in fall (49th). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 1.0 mi SE, grown 4 of the last 5 years); cotton (nearest 1.5 mi E, grown 2 of the last 5 years); sorghum (nearest 1.8 mi NE, grown 4 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: pond, lake or river, 0.32 mi E. 1 thing to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 80th percentile (spring 94th, summer 36th, fall 41st)
  • Texas: 89th percentile (spring 94th, summer 80th, fall 49th)
  • Texas Blackland Prairies: 69th percentile (spring 78th, summer 69th, fall 74th)

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 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red, 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 2,443 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.2 mi SE, blooms early May – early Jun
  • Corn: about 183 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.7 mi NE, blooms early May – early Jun
  • Cotton: about 251 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.2 mi SE, blooms late Jun – early Aug
  • Corn: about 37 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.5 mi E, blooms early May – early Jun
  • Cotton: about 32 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.5 mi E, blooms late Jun – early Aug
  • Cotton: about 125 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.1 mi E, blooms late 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, Dandelion, Summer-flowering shrubs; extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion; 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

  • 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.

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.