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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 34.2956, -111.3658

Estimated forage here is better than about 64% of sites in Arizona. Against other Arizona sites it stands out most in spring (77th percentile) and lowest in summer (47th). Expect a dearth in late Jul. Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away. 1 thing to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 11th percentile (spring 45th, summer 7th, fall 38th)
  • Arizona: 64th percentile (spring 77th, summer 47th, fall 59th)
  • Arizona/New Mexico Mountains: 48th percentile (spring 69th, summer 17th, fall 52nd)

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

Season

  • First forage: Feb 1 — Dandelion, Native wildflowers, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar)
  • Main flow: Mar 16 to May 15 — Spring-flowering shrubs, Native wildflowers, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Dearth: Jul 16 to Jul 31
  • Fall flow: Jun 1 to Jun 15 — Native wildflowers, Summer-flowering shrubs, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • 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, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Dandelion; amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Rabbitbrush, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Garden flowers; dark amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Spring-flowering shrubs, Native wildflowers, Rabbitbrush, Clovers: white, alsike and red; light amber

Things to watch

  • Near a FEMA high-risk flood zone. A mapped high-risk flood zone (A) is within about 300 m. Check FEMA's map for the exact spot.

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.