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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 32.6339, -96.3216

Estimated forage here is better than about 97% of sites in Texas. Against other Texas sites it stands out most in spring (99th percentile) and lowest in fall (23rd). Biggest nearby bee crops: sorghum (nearest 1.5 mi W, grown 1 of the last 5 years); soybeans (nearest 2.3 mi E, grown 1 of the last 5 years); cotton (nearest 3.1 mi NE, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, 0.1 mi S.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 86th percentile (spring 97th, summer 39th, fall 19th)
  • Texas: 97th percentile (spring 99th, summer 84th, fall 23rd)
  • Texas Blackland Prairies: 92nd percentile (spring 98th, summer 87th, fall 39th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Jan 16 — Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Main flow: Feb 1 to May 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Fall flow: Jun 1 to Jun 30 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Dandelion
  • Season ends: Aug 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Sorghum: about 2 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.5 mi W, blooms early May – early Jun
  • Sorghum: about 10 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.5 mi W, blooms early May – early Jun
  • Soybeans: about 5 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.6 mi W, blooms late Apr – late Jun
  • Soybeans: about 3 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.5 mi SW, blooms late Apr – late Jun
  • Sorghum: about 6 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.5 mi SW, blooms early May – early Jun
  • Soybeans: about 1 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.3 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, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard); extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster); extra light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Garden flowers; amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster); extra light amber

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.