Bee forage check

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 33.9785, -110.3315

Estimated forage here is better than about 55% of sites in Arizona. Against other Arizona sites it stands out most in spring and fall (68th percentile) and lowest in summer (57th). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.17 mi SE.

Ranking

Continental US: 9th percentile (spring 38th, summer 11th, fall 45th)
Arizona: 55th percentile (spring 68th, summer 57th, fall 68th)
Arizona/New Mexico Mountains: 33rd percentile (spring 56th, summer 28th, fall 62nd)

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

Season

First forage: Feb 16 — Native wildflowers, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Spring-flowering shrubs
Main flow: Apr 1 to Jun 15 — Spring-flowering shrubs, Native wildflowers, Summer-flowering shrubs
Fall flow: Aug 1 to Aug 15 — Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Rabbitbrush, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
Season ends: Oct 31

What the honey would be made of

Spring honey (March to June): Native wildflowers, Spring-flowering shrubs, Summer-flowering shrubs, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard); light amber
Summer honey (July and August): Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Rabbitbrush, Summer-flowering shrubs; amber
Fall honey (September to November): Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Rabbitbrush; amber
Whole season (March to November): Native wildflowers, Spring-flowering shrubs, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard); 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.