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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 32.5194, -92.0763

Estimated forage here is better than about 78% of sites in Louisiana. Against other Louisiana sites it stands out most in summer (89th percentile) and lowest in fall (74th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.8 mi SE, grown 2 of the last 5 years); cotton (nearest 1.9 mi E, grown 1 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.8 mi SE, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.37 mi W. 2 things to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 79th percentile (spring 93rd, summer 40th, fall 41st)
  • Louisiana: 78th percentile (spring 81st, summer 89th, fall 74th)
  • Mississippi Alluvial Plain: 26th percentile (spring 54th, summer 30th, fall 79th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Jan 1 — Dandelion
  • Main flow: Feb 1 to May 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Fall flow: Jun 1 to Jun 30 — Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Garden flowers
  • Season ends: Sep 30

Bee crops nearby

  • Soybeans: about 20 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi SE, blooms late Apr – late Jun
  • Soybeans: about 186 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.9 mi E, blooms late Apr – late Jun
  • Soybeans: about 14 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.6 mi E, blooms late Apr – late Jun
  • Soybeans: about 60 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.2 mi NE, blooms late Apr – late Jun
  • Soybeans: about 5 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.3 mi E, blooms late Apr – late Jun
  • Soybeans: about 148 acres in a typical year, nearest 3.2 mi E, blooms late Apr – late Jun

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Garden flowers, Summer-flowering shrubs; extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Garden flowers, Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red; 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, Garden flowers, Summer-flowering shrubs; extra light amber

Things to watch

  • Heavily developed. About 91% 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.
  • 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.