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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 33.6529, -95.6498

Estimated forage here is better than about 81% of sites in Texas. Against other Texas sites it stands out most in spring (89th percentile) and lowest in fall (69th). Biggest nearby bee crops: sorghum (nearest 0.4 mi SW, grown 1 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 1.5 mi SW, grown 2 of the last 5 years); soybeans (nearest 0.9 mi S, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.11 mi S. 1 thing to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 74th percentile (spring 91st, summer 38th, fall 55th)
  • Texas: 81st percentile (spring 89th, summer 83rd, fall 69th)
  • Texas Blackland Prairies: 50th percentile (spring 59th, summer 81st, fall 93rd)

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 May 31 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Dandelion
  • Fall flow: Jun 16 to Jul 15 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Sorghum: about 16 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi SW, blooms late May – early Jun
  • Corn: about 133 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.8 mi NW, blooms late May – early Jun
  • Corn: about 65 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.5 mi SW, blooms late May – early Jun
  • Corn: about 502 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.3 mi SW, blooms late May – early Jun
  • Soybeans: about 225 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.3 mi SW, blooms late Apr – early Jul
  • Sorghum: about 4 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi SW, blooms late May – early 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, Native wildflowers; extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Dandelion; light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster); 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

  • 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.