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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 32.1092, -96.3221

Estimated forage here is better than about 74% of sites in Texas. Against other Texas sites it stands out most in summer (90th percentile) and lowest in fall (12th). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (right here, grown 1 of the last 5 years); cotton (right here, grown 2 of the last 5 years); sorghum (nearest 0.2 mi SW, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.1 mi N. 1 thing to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 68th percentile (spring 81st, summer 54th, fall 8th)
  • Texas: 74th percentile (spring 66th, summer 90th, fall 12th)
  • Texas Blackland Prairies: 34th percentile (spring 17th, summer 98th, fall 13th)

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), Early trees (maple, willow, poplar)
  • Main flow: May 1 to Jul 15 — Cotton, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Season ends: Aug 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 1,975 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi NE, blooms early May – early Jun
  • Cotton: about 1,660 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi NE, blooms late Jun – early Aug
  • Corn: about 231 acres in a typical year, nearest 0 mi W, blooms early May – early Jun
  • Cotton: about 114 acres in a typical year, nearest 0 mi W, blooms late Jun – early Aug
  • Corn: about 245 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi NW, blooms early May – early Jun
  • Sorghum: about 192 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi SE, blooms early May – early Jun

What the honey would be made of

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