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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 33.1773, -102.2720

Estimated forage here is better than about 98% of sites in Texas. Against other Texas sites it stands out most in summer (96th percentile) and lowest in fall (38th). Biggest nearby bee crops: cotton (nearest 0.3 mi S, grown 3 of the last 5 years); grapes (nearest 0.5 mi S); sorghum (nearest 0.8 mi S, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.39 mi SW. 2 things to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 87th percentile (spring 92nd, summer 78th, fall 33rd)
  • Texas: 98th percentile (spring 90th, summer 96th, fall 38th)
  • High Plains: 100th percentile (spring 100th, summer 82nd, fall 25th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Feb 1 — Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: Mar 1 to May 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Fall flow: Jun 1 to Aug 31 — Cotton
  • Season ends: Sep 30

Bee crops nearby

  • Cotton: about 1,097 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi S, blooms early Jul – late Aug
  • Cotton: about 5,238 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi NE, blooms early Jul – late Aug
  • Cotton: about 3,142 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi W, blooms early Jul – late Aug
  • Cotton: about 1,842 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi SE, blooms early Jul – late Aug
  • Cotton: about 1,703 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.3 mi NW, blooms early Jul – late Aug
  • Cotton: about 2,187 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.9 mi E, blooms early Jul – late Aug

What the honey would be made of

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

Things to watch

  • Heavily developed. About 80% 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); Grapes (all types): insecticides used on about 58% of surveyed US acres (2021); Grapes, wine type: insecticides used on about 56% of surveyed US acres (2025); Grapes, table type: insecticides used on about 50% of surveyed US acres (2025); Grapes, raisin type: insecticides used on about 77% 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.
  • Flood map not checked. FEMA's flood map service didn't answer. Check it directly.

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.