Honey bee forage in Lakeshore Gardens-Hidden Acres, Texas

When is the honey flow in Lakeshore Gardens-Hidden Acres?

• First forage: Jan 1 (dandelion, clovers: white, alsike and red, roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard))
• Main flow: Jan 16 to Apr 30, peaking early Feb (clovers: white, alsike and red, dandelion, roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard))
• Fall flow: May 16 to Jun 30 (clovers: white, alsike and red, dandelion, cotton)
• Season ends: Dec 31

Forage available to a colony through the year at the center of Lakeshore Gardens-Hidden Acres, from what grows within flight range (about 3.7 miles) and when it blooms here. Dates are the model's estimate for a typical year; the spring index for this spot falls on Feb 10.

What the honey is made of

• Spring honey (March to June): clovers: white, alsike and red, roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), dandelion, cotton; extra light amber, likely to set over some months
• Summer honey (July and August): garden flowers, cotton, clovers: white, alsike and red, fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster); extra light amber, likely to set within weeks to a few months
• Fall honey (September to November): garden flowers, fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), rabbitbrush; amber
• Whole season (March to November): clovers: white, alsike and red, roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), dandelion, cotton; extra light amber, likely to set over some months

Nectar-source estimate (plants weighted by how much bees favor them), not a pollen analysis. Full honey estimate.

Bee crops within flight range

• Sorghum: about 1,017 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.8 mi SE, blooms early Apr – early May (grown 1 of the last 5 years)
• Corn: about 2,174 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.5 mi NE, blooms early Apr – early May (grown 3 of the last 5 years)
• Cotton: about 537 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.1 mi SE, blooms late May – late Jul (grown 2 of the last 5 years)

From USDA's crop maps for 2021–2025; fields rotate, so a crop counts by how often it was grown. Listing a field says nothing about its owner.

The land and water around Lakeshore Gardens-Hidden Acres

Mostly: Open water; Western Warm Temperate Pasture and Hayland; Tamaulipan Mixed Deciduous Thornscrub.

Nearest mapped water: pond, lake or river 0.04 mi SE; open water 0.04 mi SE.

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.

How Lakeshore Gardens-Hidden Acres ranks

Percentiles among 3,000 random land points in each region, scored the same way: land in general, not beekeepers' apiaries.

About 37% of the land here is scored with national averages for its vegetation type rather than measured plant cover, so the wild-plant part of this estimate is rougher than the crop part.

Nearby

Lakeside 2 mi · Edgewater Estates 2 mi · Paisano Park 2 mi · Lake City 3 mi · Mathis 4 mi · Sandia 7 mi

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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. The point is the Census Bureau's published center of Lakeshore Gardens-Hidden Acres (28.127, -97.8698); a yard a mile or two away can differ, so check your own spot. The FEMA flood map was not checked for this page. Benchmark 2026.5, built 2026-10-19. How this works · All sources.