Bee forage check
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Forage report for 33.2494, -115.0606
Estimated forage here is better than about 2% of sites in California. Against other California sites it ranks highest in fall (18th percentile) and lowest in summer (1st). Expect a dearth from early Jan to late Oct. Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away.
Ranking
- Continental US: 0th percentile (spring 1st, summer 0th, fall 5th)
- California: 2nd percentile (spring 3rd, summer 1st, fall 18th)
- Sonoran Basin and Range: 3rd percentile (spring 3rd, summer 3rd, fall 9th)
Percentile among 3,000 random land points across California, scored the same way; land in general, not beekeepers' yards.
Season
- First forage: Jan 1 — Native wildflowers
- Main flow: Feb 1 to Apr 30 — Native wildflowers, Spring-flowering shrubs
- Dearth: Jan 1 to Oct 31
- Season ends: Oct 31
What the honey would be made of
- Spring honey (March to June): Native wildflowers, Spring-flowering shrubs; light amber
- Summer honey (July and August): Rabbitbrush; dark amber
- Fall honey (September to November): Rabbitbrush; dark amber
- Whole season (March to November): Native wildflowers, Rabbitbrush, Spring-flowering shrubs; dark 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.