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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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Forage report for 32.9196, -81.9460

Estimated forage here is better than about 20% of sites in Georgia. Against other Georgia sites it ranks highest in summer (47th percentile) and lowest in spring (30th). Biggest nearby bee crops: cotton (nearest 0.3 mi SE, grown 2 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.6 mi NW, grown 3 of the last 5 years); sunflower (nearest 1.2 mi NE, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, less than 0.1 mi away. 1 thing to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 39th percentile (spring 66th, summer 22nd, fall 9th)
  • Georgia: 20th percentile (spring 30th, summer 47th, fall 46th)
  • Southeastern Plains: 22nd percentile (spring 24th, summer 47th, fall 44th)

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), Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Dandelion
  • Main flow: Feb 1 to May 31 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Summer-flowering trees (locust, linden)
  • Fall flow: Jun 16 to Jul 31 — Cotton, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Season ends: Aug 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Cotton: about 253 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi W, blooms late Jun – early Aug
  • Cotton: about 21 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi SE, blooms late Jun – early Aug
  • Cotton: about 36 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi NW, blooms late Jun – early Aug
  • Corn: about 47 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi SW, blooms early May – early Jun
  • Corn: about 49 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi W, blooms early May – early Jun
  • Cotton: about 42 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.4 mi SW, blooms late Jun – early Aug

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Summer-flowering trees (locust, linden), Summer-flowering shrubs, Cotton; extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Cotton, 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): Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Cotton, Summer-flowering trees (locust, linden), Summer-flowering shrubs; 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.