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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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Forage report for 34.0399, -116.9641

Estimated forage here is better than about 63% of sites in California. Against other California sites it stands out most in spring (75th percentile) and lowest in fall (36th). Biggest nearby bee crops: apples (nearest 0.7 mi N). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.11 mi SW. 1 thing to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 64th percentile (spring 96th, summer 19th, fall 16th)
  • California: 63rd percentile (spring 75th, summer 43rd, fall 36th)
  • Southern California Mountains: 70th percentile (spring 69th, summer 62nd, fall 61st)

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

Season

  • First forage: Feb 16 — Spring-flowering shrubs, Dandelion, Native wildflowers
  • Main flow: Mar 16 to May 15 — Spring-flowering shrubs, Summer-flowering shrubs
  • Season ends: Aug 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Apples: about 42 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi N, blooms late Mar – early Apr
  • Apples: about 70 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi E, blooms late Mar – early Apr
  • Apples: about 28 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.3 mi SE, blooms late Mar – early Apr
  • Apples: about 6 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi NE, blooms late Mar – early Apr
  • Apples: about 28 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.4 mi E, blooms late Mar – early Apr
  • Apples: about 18 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.3 mi N, blooms late Mar – early Apr

What the honey would be made of

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

Things to watch

  • Bee crops nearby that are often sprayed. Apples: insecticides used on about 77% 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.