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Forage report for 33.3132, -99.8578

Estimated forage here is better than about 44% of sites in Texas. Against other Texas sites it stands out most in summer (90th percentile) and lowest in fall (7th). Biggest nearby bee crops: cotton (nearest 0.2 mi W, grown 1 of the last 5 years); sorghum (nearest 0.3 mi NW, grown 2 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: pond, lake or river, 0.51 mi E. 2 things to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 46th percentile (spring 61st, summer 53rd, fall 3rd)
  • Texas: 44th percentile (spring 34th, summer 90th, fall 7th)
  • Central Great Plains: 38th percentile (spring 72nd, summer 39th, fall 4th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Jan 16 — Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: Feb 16 to Aug 15 — Cotton, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Season ends: Aug 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Cotton: about 164 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi N, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Cotton: about 160 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi SE, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Cotton: about 146 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi SW, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Cotton: about 231 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi E, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Sorghum: about 42 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi N, blooms late May – early Jun
  • Cotton: about 53 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi W, blooms late Jun – late Aug

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Dandelion, Cotton; 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, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Dandelion; extra light amber

Things to watch

  • Lots of crops with little or no bee value. About 48% of the land within 3 miles is in crops bees get little from (such as wheat and other grains).
  • 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.
  • 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.