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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 32.0878, -82.4804

Estimated forage here is better than about 45% of sites in Georgia. Against other Georgia sites it stands out most in fall (72nd percentile) and lowest in spring (37th). Biggest nearby bee crops: cotton (nearest 0.4 mi SW, grown 3 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 1.1 mi S, grown 1 of the last 5 years); sunflower (nearest 2.3 mi SW, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.17 mi E. 1 thing to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 49th percentile (spring 68th, summer 27th, fall 19th)
  • Georgia: 45th percentile (spring 37th, summer 59th, fall 72nd)
  • Southeastern Plains: 40th percentile (spring 29th, summer 55th, fall 73rd)

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

Season

  • First forage: Jan 1 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Dandelion, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar)
  • Main flow: Feb 1 to May 15 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Summer-flowering shrubs, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Fall flow: Jun 1 to Jul 31 — Cotton, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Season ends: Dec 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Cotton: about 104 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi SW, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Cotton: about 98 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi SE, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Cotton: about 46 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi SE, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Cotton: about 27 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi S, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Cotton: about 8 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi SW, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Cotton: about 25 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi SW, blooms early Jun – early Aug

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Summer-flowering shrubs, Cotton, Clovers: white, alsike and red; extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Cotton, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Garden flowers; extra 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), Cotton, Summer-flowering shrubs, Clovers: white, alsike and red; 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.
  • 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.