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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 33.0641, -96.3152

Estimated forage here is better than about 72% of sites in Texas. Against other Texas sites it stands out most in summer (83rd percentile) and lowest in fall (34th). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 0.1 mi N, grown 2 of the last 5 years); sorghum (nearest 0.4 mi SE, grown 2 of the last 5 years); soybeans (nearest 0.4 mi N, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away. 1 thing to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 65th percentile (spring 85th, summer 38th, fall 30th)
  • Texas: 72nd percentile (spring 77th, summer 83rd, fall 34th)
  • Texas Blackland Prairies: 29th percentile (spring 32nd, summer 81st, fall 58th)

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

Season

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

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 75 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi N, blooms early May – early Jun
  • Corn: about 139 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi W, blooms early May – early Jun
  • Corn: about 428 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi SW, blooms early May – early Jun
  • Sorghum: about 290 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi N, blooms early May – early Jun
  • Sorghum: about 56 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi N, blooms early May – early Jun
  • Sorghum: about 139 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.3 mi W, 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, Dandelion, Soybeans; extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Garden flowers, Clovers: white, alsike and red; 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), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Soybeans; extra light amber

Things to watch

  • Near a FEMA high-risk flood zone. A mapped high-risk flood zone (AE) is within about 300 m. Check FEMA's map for the exact spot.

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.