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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 31.9416, -111.7773

Estimated forage here is better than about 70% of sites in Arizona. Against other Arizona sites it stands out most in spring (70th percentile) and lowest in summer (32nd). Expect a dearth from late Jun to early Aug. Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 13th percentile (spring 40th, summer 3rd, fall 32nd)
  • Arizona: 70th percentile (spring 70th, summer 32nd, fall 41st)
  • Sonoran Basin and Range: 80th percentile (spring 78th, summer 76th, fall 68th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Jan 1 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Native wildflowers
  • Main flow: Jan 16 to Apr 15 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Summer-flowering trees (locust, linden)
  • Dearth: Jan 1 to Jan 15
  • Dearth: Jun 16 to Aug 15
  • Season ends: Dec 31

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Summer-flowering trees (locust, linden), Summer-flowering shrubs, Native wildflowers; extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Rabbitbrush, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Spotted and diffuse knapweed; amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Rabbitbrush, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster); dark amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Summer-flowering trees (locust, linden), Summer-flowering shrubs, Rabbitbrush; extra light amber

Things to watch

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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. Honey composition is a nectar-source estimate, not a pollen analysis. Benchmark 2026.5. How this works.