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 34.2471, -109.6846

Estimated forage here is better than about 69% of sites in Arizona. Against other Arizona sites it stands out most in summer (89th percentile) and lowest in spring (55th). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.13 mi SW.

Ranking

Continental US: 12th percentile (spring 28th, summer 28th, fall 68th)
Arizona: 69th percentile (spring 55th, summer 89th, fall 87th)
Arizona/New Mexico Mountains: 56th percentile (spring 36th, summer 68th, fall 86th)

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

Season

First forage: Mar 16 — Native wildflowers, Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
Main flow: Apr 16 to Sep 30 — Native wildflowers, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Spring-flowering shrubs
Fall flow: Oct 16 to Oct 31 — Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rabbitbrush
Season ends: Oct 31

What the honey would be made of

Spring honey (March to June): Native wildflowers, Spring-flowering shrubs, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Dandelion; light amber
Summer honey (July and August): Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Asters, Green/yellow rabbitbrush; amber
Fall honey (September to November): Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rabbitbrush, Asters; amber
Whole season (March to November): Native wildflowers, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Spring-flowering shrubs; 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.