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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 33.8714, -117.4624

Estimated forage here is better than about 82% of sites in California. Against other California sites it stands out most in spring (74th percentile) and lowest in summer (50th). Biggest nearby bee crops: citrus (nearest 1.1 mi N). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away. 2 things to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 88th percentile (spring 96th, summer 26th, fall 38th)
  • California: 82nd percentile (spring 74th, summer 50th, fall 72nd)
  • Southern California/Northern Baja Coast: 82nd percentile (spring 80th, summer 74th, fall 71st)

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, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Main flow: Feb 1 to Apr 30 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Citrus
  • Season ends: Dec 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Citrus: about 56 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi NE, blooms early Mar – late Apr
  • Citrus: about 652 acres in a typical year, nearest 2 mi NE, blooms early Mar – late Apr
  • Citrus: about 32 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.6 mi NE, blooms early Mar – late Apr
  • Citrus: about 24 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.7 mi N, blooms early Mar – late Apr
  • Citrus: about 6 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi N, blooms early Mar – late Apr
  • Citrus: about 12 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.5 mi E, blooms early Mar – late Apr

What the honey would be made of

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

Things to watch

  • Heavily developed. About 56% 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. 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.