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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 34.2000, -114.2151

Estimated forage here is better than about 52% of sites in Arizona. Against other Arizona sites it stands out most in spring (51st percentile) and lowest in fall (27th). Expect a dearth in late May. Biggest nearby bee crops: alfalfa (nearest 1.8 mi NE, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 8th percentile (spring 26th, summer 4th, fall 27th)
  • Arizona: 52nd percentile (spring 51st, summer 36th, fall 27th)
  • Sonoran Basin and Range: 75th percentile (spring 70th, summer 80th, fall 43rd)

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

Season

  • First forage: Jan 1 — Dandelion, Native wildflowers, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: Jan 16 to Apr 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Native wildflowers
  • Dearth: May 16 to May 31
  • Dearth: Jun 16 to Jun 30
  • Fall flow: May 1 to May 15 — Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Native wildflowers
  • Season ends: Dec 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Alfalfa: about 5 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.8 mi NE, blooms early Apr – late May
  • Alfalfa: about 5 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.2 mi NE, blooms early Apr – late May

What the honey would be made of

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