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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 34.0069, -109.4604

Estimated forage here is better than about 86% of sites in Arizona. Against other Arizona sites it stands out most in summer (99th percentile) and lowest in spring (57th). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 23rd percentile (spring 30th, summer 59th, fall 56th)
  • Arizona: 86th percentile (spring 57th, summer 99th, fall 78th)
  • Arizona/New Mexico Mountains: 84th percentile (spring 39th, summer 98th, fall 75th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Apr 1 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Dandelion, Native wildflowers
  • Main flow: May 16 to Aug 15 — Summer-flowering shrubs, Spring-flowering shrubs, Native wildflowers
  • Fall flow: Sep 1 to Sep 15 — Summer-flowering shrubs, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster)
  • Season ends: Oct 31

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Spring-flowering shrubs, Summer-flowering shrubs, Native wildflowers, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar); light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Summer-flowering shrubs, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Native wildflowers, Spring-flowering shrubs; light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Summer-flowering shrubs, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Spotted and diffuse knapweed; light amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Summer-flowering shrubs, Spring-flowering shrubs, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Native wildflowers; light amber

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.