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Forage report for 34.1298, -99.1440

Estimated forage here is better than about 45% of sites in Texas. Against other Texas sites it stands out most in summer (91st percentile) and lowest in fall (19th). Biggest nearby bee crops: cotton (nearest 0.1 mi NW, grown 3 of the last 5 years); camelina (nearest 1.7 mi E, grown 1 of the last 5 years); sorghum (nearest 0.1 mi S, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, 0.17 mi W. 2 things to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 46th percentile (spring 56th, summer 61st, fall 16th)
  • Texas: 45th percentile (spring 28th, summer 91st, fall 19th)
  • Central Great Plains: 40th percentile (spring 64th, summer 45th, fall 19th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Feb 1 — Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Main flow: Mar 1 to Aug 31 — Cotton, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Season ends: Sep 30

Bee crops nearby

  • Cotton: about 347 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi W, blooms early Jul – late Aug
  • Cotton: about 528 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi S, blooms early Jul – late Aug
  • Cotton: about 211 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi NE, blooms early Jul – late Aug
  • Cotton: about 1,171 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi NW, blooms early Jul – late Aug
  • Cotton: about 897 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.3 mi W, blooms early Jul – late Aug
  • Cotton: about 42 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi N, blooms early Jul – late Aug

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Cotton; extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Cotton; extra light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Garden flowers; amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Cotton, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red, 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.