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 34.0107, -109.9597

Estimated forage here is better than about 56% of sites in Arizona. Against other Arizona sites it stands out most in summer (83rd percentile) and lowest in fall (below the 1st). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

Continental US: 9th percentile (spring 35th, summer 25th, fall 0th)
Arizona: 56th percentile (spring 64th, summer 83rd, fall 0th)
Arizona/New Mexico Mountains: 35th percentile (spring 49th, summer 57th, fall 0th)

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

Season

First forage: Mar 1 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Native wildflowers
Main flow: Apr 16 to Jul 15 — Summer-flowering shrubs, Native wildflowers, Spring-flowering shrubs
Season ends: Aug 31

What the honey would be made of

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