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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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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 33.5157, -83.6964

Estimated forage here is better than about 86% of sites in Georgia. Against other Georgia sites it stands out most in spring (88th percentile) and lowest in fall (25th). Biggest nearby bee crops: cotton (nearest 0.2 mi SW, grown 1 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.2 mi SW, grown 1 of the last 5 years); soybeans (nearest 0.2 mi SW, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: pond, lake or river, 0.22 mi S. 1 thing to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 67th percentile (spring 89th, summer 34th, fall 5th)
  • Georgia: 86th percentile (spring 88th, summer 75th, fall 25th)
  • Piedmont: 75th percentile (spring 75th, summer 55th, fall 20th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Jan 16 — Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar)
  • Main flow: Feb 16 to May 31 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Fall flow: Jun 16 to Jul 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Cotton, Dandelion
  • Season ends: Aug 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Cotton: about 54 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi N, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Corn: about 10 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi W, blooms late May – early Jun
  • Soybeans: about 10 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi W, blooms late Apr – early Jul
  • Soybeans: about 18 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi SE, blooms late Apr – early Jul
  • Soybeans: about 4 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi W, blooms late Apr – early Jul
  • Corn: about 4 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi SW, blooms late May – early Jun

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, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard); 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

  • 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.