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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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Forage report for 32.8340, -109.6993

Estimated forage here is better than about 98% of sites in Arizona. Against other Arizona sites it stands out most in summer (99th percentile) and lowest in fall (14th). Biggest nearby bee crops: cotton (nearest 0.2 mi S); alfalfa (nearest 0.1 mi SE, grown 3 of the last 5 years); sorghum (nearest 0.1 mi NE, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away. 1 thing to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 64th percentile (spring 62nd, summer 68th, fall 18th)
  • Arizona: 98th percentile (spring 88th, summer 99th, fall 14th)
  • Chihuahuan Deserts: 99th percentile (spring 81st, summer 100th, fall 10th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Jan 16 — Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Main flow: Jun 16 to Aug 15 — Cotton
  • Season ends: Sep 30

Bee crops nearby

  • Cotton: about 3,751 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi S, blooms late Jun – early Aug
  • Cotton: about 350 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi NE, blooms late Jun – early Aug
  • Cotton: about 1,290 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.5 mi W, blooms late Jun – early Aug
  • Cotton: about 874 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.3 mi NW, blooms late Jun – early Aug
  • Cotton: about 382 acres in a typical year, nearest 2 mi W, blooms late Jun – early Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 71 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.4 mi S, blooms late Apr – late Jun

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Cotton, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion; extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Cotton; extra light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Garden flowers, Rabbitbrush, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster); dark amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Cotton, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion; extra light amber

Things to watch

  • Bee crops nearby that are often sprayed. Cotton: insecticides used on about 39% of surveyed US acres (2025). Figures are from USDA's Agricultural Chemical Use Survey, matched by crop type from the crop map. The survey counts any insecticide use in the crop year (not seed treatments) and doesn't say when; ask nearby growers about spray timing.
  • Flood map not checked. FEMA's flood map service didn't answer. Check it directly.

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.