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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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Forage report for 32.2010, -83.9080

Estimated forage here is better than about 85% of sites in Georgia. Against other Georgia sites it stands out most in summer (95th percentile) and lowest in fall (41st). Biggest nearby bee crops: cotton (nearest 0.3 mi N, grown 3 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.5 mi W, grown 2 of the last 5 years); sunflower (nearest 0.9 mi W, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: pond, lake or river, 0.34 mi NW. 1 thing to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 67th percentile (spring 75th, summer 54th, fall 8th)
  • Georgia: 85th percentile (spring 55th, summer 95th, fall 41st)
  • Southeastern Plains: 71st percentile (spring 47th, summer 81st, fall 39th)

Percentile among 3,000 random land points across Georgia, 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: Feb 1 to May 15 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Fall flow: Jun 1 to Aug 15 — Cotton
  • Season ends: Aug 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Cotton: about 3,084 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi W, blooms late Jun – early Aug
  • Cotton: about 330 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi N, blooms late Jun – early Aug
  • Cotton: about 385 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.4 mi SE, blooms late Jun – early Aug
  • Cotton: about 2,073 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.9 mi E, blooms late Jun – early Aug
  • Cotton: about 69 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi SE, blooms late Jun – early Aug
  • Corn: about 150 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.6 mi N, blooms early May – early Jun

What the honey would be made of

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