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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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Forage report for 33.0795, -97.4929

Estimated forage here is better than about 69% of sites in Texas. Against other Texas sites it stands out most in fall (87th percentile) and lowest in spring (64th). Biggest nearby bee crops: sorghum (nearest 0.4 mi S, 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.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 63rd percentile (spring 80th, summer 34th, fall 71st)
  • Texas: 69th percentile (spring 64th, summer 76th, fall 87th)
  • Cross Timbers: 50th percentile (spring 27th, summer 48th, fall 67th)

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, Native wildflowers
  • Main flow: Feb 1 to May 31 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Native wildflowers, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Fall flow: Jun 16 to Jul 31 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster)
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Sorghum: about 259 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.4 mi NE, blooms early May – early Jun
  • Sorghum: about 3 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi S, blooms early May – early Jun
  • Sorghum: about 52 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.4 mi SE, blooms early May – early Jun
  • Sorghum: about 14 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.7 mi NE, blooms early May – early Jun
  • Sorghum: about 4 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi S, blooms early May – early Jun
  • Sorghum: about 2 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi S, blooms early May – early Jun

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Native wildflowers, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion; extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion; light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster); amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Native wildflowers; extra light amber

Things to watch

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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.