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Forage report for 33.1227, -88.5564

Estimated forage here is better than about 83% of sites in Mississippi. Against other Mississippi sites it stands out most in spring (88th percentile) and lowest in summer (76th). Biggest nearby bee crops: cotton (nearest 0.9 mi NE, grown 2 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.9 mi NE, grown 3 of the last 5 years); soybeans (nearest 1.0 mi E, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.13 mi W. 2 things to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 85th percentile (spring 97th, summer 48th, fall 20th)
  • Mississippi: 83rd percentile (spring 88th, summer 76th, fall 79th)
  • Southeastern Plains: 95th percentile (spring 99th, summer 77th, fall 75th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Jan 16 — Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: Feb 1 to May 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Fall flow: Jun 1 to Jul 31 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Cotton
  • Season ends: Aug 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Cotton: about 131 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi E, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Cotton: about 101 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi NE, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Corn: about 59 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi NE, blooms early May – early Jun
  • Soybeans: about 33 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi E, blooms late Apr – early Jul
  • Corn: about 277 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.6 mi N, blooms early May – early Jun
  • Cotton: about 234 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.7 mi N, blooms late Jun – late Aug

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), Summer-flowering shrubs; extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Cotton, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Garden flowers; 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, Cotton, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard); extra light amber

Things to watch

  • Heavily developed. About 52% 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.

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.