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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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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 33.2392, -111.6148

Estimated forage here is better than about 100% of sites in Arizona. Against other Arizona sites it stands out most in spring (98th percentile) and lowest in fall (61st). Biggest nearby bee crops: cotton (nearest 0.9 mi S, grown 4 of the last 5 years); alfalfa (nearest 0.5 mi SE, grown 4 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 1.7 mi N, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: open water, less than 0.1 mi away. 2 things to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 86th percentile (spring 87th, summer 42nd, fall 39th)
  • Arizona: 100th percentile (spring 98th, summer 97th, fall 61st)
  • Sonoran Basin and Range: 99th percentile (spring 95th, summer 99th, fall 97th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Jan 1 — Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: Jan 16 to Apr 30 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Fall flow: May 16 to Jul 15 — Cotton, Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Season ends: Dec 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Cotton: about 188 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi S, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Cotton: about 355 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.4 mi S, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Alfalfa: about 54 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi W, blooms early Apr – early Jun
  • Alfalfa: about 31 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi SE, blooms early Apr – early Jun
  • Cotton: about 163 acres in a typical year, nearest 2 mi E, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Alfalfa: about 23 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.4 mi SE, blooms early Apr – early Jun

What the honey would be made of

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

Things to watch

  • Heavily developed. About 92% of the land within a mile is developed. Less room for forage, and more neighbors near the hives.
  • 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.

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.