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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 34.1798, -111.3510

Estimated forage here is better than about 58% of sites in Arizona. Against other Arizona sites it stands out most in spring (76th percentile) and lowest in fall (32nd). Expect a dearth from late Jun to late Jul. Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.1 mi E.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 9th percentile (spring 45th, summer 6th, fall 28th)
  • Arizona: 58th percentile (spring 76th, summer 42nd, fall 32nd)
  • Arizona/New Mexico Mountains: 40th percentile (spring 69th, summer 13th, fall 39th)

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, Dandelion, Spring-flowering shrubs
  • Main flow: Mar 16 to May 15 — Spring-flowering shrubs, Native wildflowers, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Dearth: Jun 16 to Jul 31
  • Season ends: Oct 31

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Spring-flowering shrubs, Native wildflowers, Summer-flowering shrubs, Clovers: white, alsike and red; light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Rabbitbrush, Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Spotted and diffuse knapweed; amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Rabbitbrush, Garden flowers; dark amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Spring-flowering shrubs, Native wildflowers, Rabbitbrush, Clovers: white, alsike and red; 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.