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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 32.5130, -112.3149

Estimated forage here is better than about 34% of sites in Arizona. Against other Arizona sites it stands out most in fall (54th percentile) and lowest in summer (23rd). Expect a dearth from late May 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: 5th percentile (spring 20th, summer 2nd, fall 33rd)
  • Arizona: 34th percentile (spring 36th, summer 23rd, fall 54th)
  • Sonoran Basin and Range: 67th percentile (spring 63rd, summer 63rd, fall 92nd)

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

What the honey would be made of

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