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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 33.8821, -112.0841

Estimated forage here is better than about 88% of sites in Arizona. Against other Arizona sites it stands out most in spring (80th percentile) and lowest in fall (40th). Biggest nearby bee crops: alfalfa (nearest 1.6 mi SW, grown 2 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 25th percentile (spring 50th, summer 11th, fall 31st)
  • Arizona: 88th percentile (spring 80th, summer 57th, fall 40th)
  • Sonoran Basin and Range: 85th percentile (spring 83rd, summer 89th, fall 66th)

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, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: Jan 16 to Apr 30 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Fall flow: Jun 1 to Jun 15 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Season ends: Dec 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Alfalfa: about 4 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.6 mi SW, blooms early Apr – early Jun
  • Alfalfa: about 9 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.2 mi SW, blooms early Apr – early Jun

What the honey would be made of

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