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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 33.2717, -111.1232

Estimated forage here is better than about 58% of sites in Arizona. Against other Arizona sites it stands out most in spring (61st percentile) and lowest in summer (37th). Expect a dearth from late Jun to early Aug. Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 9th percentile (spring 32nd, summer 4th, fall 32nd)
  • Arizona: 58th percentile (spring 61st, summer 37th, fall 52nd)
  • Sonoran Basin and Range: 77th percentile (spring 75th, summer 80th, fall 91st)

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, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Native wildflowers
  • Main flow: Jan 16 to Apr 15 — Native wildflowers, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Dearth: Jun 16 to Aug 15
  • Fall flow: May 1 to May 15 — Native wildflowers, Summer-flowering shrubs, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Season ends: Dec 31

What the honey would be made of

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