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 34.1805, -111.3456

Estimated forage here is better than about 66% of sites in Arizona. Against other Arizona sites it stands out most in spring (80th percentile) and lowest in fall (32nd). Expect a dearth in late Jul. Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.17 mi W.

Ranking

Continental US: 11th percentile (spring 49th, summer 7th, fall 28th)
Arizona: 66th percentile (spring 80th, summer 45th, fall 32nd)
Arizona/New Mexico Mountains: 52nd percentile (spring 75th, summer 16th, 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 — Dandelion, Native wildflowers, Spring-flowering shrubs
Main flow: Mar 16 to May 15 — Spring-flowering shrubs, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Native wildflowers
Dearth: Jul 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, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion; light amber
Summer honey (July and August): Rabbitbrush, Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Garden flowers; amber
Fall honey (September to November): Rabbitbrush, Garden flowers; dark amber
Whole season (March to November): Spring-flowering shrubs, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Native wildflowers, Rabbitbrush; 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.