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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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Forage report for 33.7870, -112.3071

Estimated forage here is better than about 29% of sites in Arizona. Against other Arizona sites it ranks highest in fall (41st percentile) and lowest in summer (27th). Expect a dearth from early May to late Sep. Biggest nearby bee crops: alfalfa (nearest 2.7 mi SE, grown 2 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 4th percentile (spring 16th, summer 2nd, fall 32nd)
  • Arizona: 29th percentile (spring 28th, summer 27th, fall 41st)
  • Sonoran Basin and Range: 63rd percentile (spring 58th, summer 70th, fall 68th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Jan 1 — Native wildflowers, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Dandelion
  • Main flow: Feb 1 to Apr 30 — Native wildflowers, Spring-flowering shrubs, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Dearth: May 1 to Sep 30
  • Fall flow: Aug 1 to Sep 30 — Rabbitbrush
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Alfalfa: about 12 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.9 mi SE, blooms early Apr – early Jun
  • Alfalfa: about 8 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.7 mi SE, blooms early Apr – early Jun

What the honey would be made of

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