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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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Forage report for 33.0829, -117.1753

Estimated forage here is better than about 75% of sites in California. Against other California sites it stands out most in spring (61st percentile) and lowest in summer (35th). Biggest nearby bee crops: citrus (nearest 0.7 mi W). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.12 mi SE. 1 thing to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 79th percentile (spring 88th, summer 13th, fall 20th)
  • California: 75th percentile (spring 61st, summer 35th, fall 41st)
  • Southern California/Northern Baja Coast: 59th percentile (spring 54th, summer 40th, fall 32nd)

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

Season

  • First forage: Jan 1 — Dandelion, Spring-flowering shrubs, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: Feb 1 to Apr 15 — Spring-flowering shrubs, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Summer-flowering shrubs
  • Season ends: Jul 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Citrus: about 6 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi W, blooms early Mar – late Apr
  • Citrus: about 30 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.9 mi S, blooms early Mar – late Apr
  • Citrus: about 11 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.5 mi SW, blooms early Mar – late Apr
  • Citrus: about 8 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.4 mi SW, blooms early Mar – late Apr
  • Citrus: about 6 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.5 mi SW, blooms early Mar – late Apr
  • Citrus: about 6 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.7 mi SW, blooms early Mar – late Apr

What the honey would be made of

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

Things to watch

  • Bee crops nearby that are often sprayed. Citrus: grapefruit: insecticides used on about 63% of surveyed US acres (2025); Citrus: lemons: insecticides used on about 75% of surveyed US acres (2025); Citrus: tangerines: insecticides used on about 82% 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.

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.