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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 32.0055, -111.7118

Estimated forage here is better than about 38% of sites in Arizona. Against other Arizona sites it stands out most in spring (51st percentile) and lowest in summer (26th). Expect a dearth from late May to late Aug. Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 5th percentile (spring 26th, summer 2nd, fall 29th)
  • Arizona: 38th percentile (spring 51st, summer 26th, fall 32nd)
  • Sonoran Basin and Range: 70th percentile (spring 70th, summer 69th, fall 52nd)

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

Season

  • First forage: Jan 1 — Native wildflowers, Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Main flow: Feb 16 to Apr 30 — Summer-flowering trees (locust, linden), Native wildflowers, Spring-flowering shrubs
  • Dearth: May 16 to Aug 31
  • Season ends: Oct 31

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Summer-flowering trees (locust, linden), Native wildflowers, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Spring-flowering shrubs; extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Rabbitbrush, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red; amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Rabbitbrush; dark amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Rabbitbrush, Summer-flowering trees (locust, linden), Native wildflowers, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard); light amber

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.