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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 33.8287, -83.5015

Estimated forage here is better than about 70% of sites in Georgia. Against other Georgia sites it stands out most in spring (80th percentile) and lowest in fall (35th). Biggest nearby bee crops: cotton (nearest 2.3 mi N, grown 3 of the last 5 years); soybeans (nearest 2.9 mi S, grown 1 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 3.3 mi SE, grown 2 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, 0.19 mi E. 2 things to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 58th percentile (spring 86th, summer 25th, fall 6th)
  • Georgia: 70th percentile (spring 80th, summer 53rd, fall 35th)
  • Piedmont: 59th percentile (spring 65th, summer 33rd, fall 33rd)

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, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Main flow: Feb 16 to May 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Summer-flowering trees (locust, linden)
  • Fall flow: Jun 1 to Jun 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Dandelion
  • Season ends: Aug 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Cotton: about 38 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.9 mi N, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Cotton: about 9 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.5 mi N, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Cotton: about 17 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.8 mi N, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Cotton: about 40 acres in a typical year, nearest 3.5 mi E, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Cotton: about 15 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.9 mi S, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Cotton: about 6 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.4 mi N, blooms late Jun – late Aug

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): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Garden flowers; 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, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Summer-flowering shrubs; 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.
  • Near a FEMA high-risk flood zone. A mapped high-risk flood zone (A) is within about 300 m. Check FEMA's map for the exact spot.

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.