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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 32.4420, -110.7749

Estimated forage here is better than about 92% of sites in Arizona. Against other Arizona sites it stands out most in spring (95th percentile) and lowest in fall (9th). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.12 mi S.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 37th percentile (spring 77th, summer 26th, fall 14th)
  • Arizona: 92nd percentile (spring 95th, summer 85th, fall 9th)
  • Madrean Archipelago: 82nd percentile (spring 92nd, summer 90th, fall 3rd)

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

Season

  • First forage: Feb 1 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar)
  • Main flow: Apr 1 to Jun 15 — Summer-flowering shrubs, Spring-flowering shrubs
  • Season ends: Aug 31

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Summer-flowering shrubs, Spring-flowering shrubs, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Native wildflowers; light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Summer-flowering shrubs, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Native wildflowers; light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster); amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Summer-flowering shrubs, Spring-flowering shrubs, Native wildflowers, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar); 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.