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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 32.0325, -111.9544

Estimated forage here is better than about 24% of sites in Arizona. Against other Arizona sites it stands out most in fall (52nd percentile) and lowest in summer (18th). Expect a dearth from late Apr to late Sep. Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 3rd percentile (spring 12th, summer 1st, fall 32nd)
  • Arizona: 24th percentile (spring 20th, summer 18th, fall 52nd)
  • Sonoran Basin and Range: 55th percentile (spring 51st, summer 56th, fall 90th)

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, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar)
  • Main flow: Feb 1 to Apr 15 — Native wildflowers, Spring-flowering shrubs
  • Dearth: Apr 16 to Sep 30
  • Fall flow: May 1 to May 15 — Native wildflowers
  • Season ends: Oct 31

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Native wildflowers, Spring-flowering shrubs, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion; light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Rabbitbrush, Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Garden flowers; dark amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Rabbitbrush; dark amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Rabbitbrush, Native wildflowers, Spring-flowering shrubs, Clovers: white, alsike and red; 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.