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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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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 33.5117, -96.3956

Estimated forage here is better than about 81% of sites in Texas. Against other Texas sites it stands out most in spring (87th percentile) and lowest in fall (72nd). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 0.6 mi W, grown 2 of the last 5 years); soybeans (nearest 0.7 mi SW, grown 1 of the last 5 years); sorghum (nearest 0.9 mi E, grown 2 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.28 mi E.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 74th percentile (spring 90th, summer 40th, fall 57th)
  • Texas: 81st percentile (spring 87th, summer 85th, fall 72nd)
  • Texas Blackland Prairies: 49th percentile (spring 53rd, summer 90th, fall 94th)

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 Jun 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Fall flow: Jul 1 to Jul 15 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 1,129 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi SE, blooms late May – late Jun
  • Corn: about 409 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi NW, blooms late May – late Jun
  • Corn: about 166 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi SW, blooms late May – late Jun
  • Corn: about 88 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi S, blooms late May – late Jun
  • Soybeans: about 22 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi SW, blooms early May – early Jul
  • Corn: about 16 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi W, blooms late May – late Jun

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, Summer-flowering shrubs; extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), 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): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Dandelion, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster); 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.