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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 34.3101, -112.1069

Estimated forage here is better than about 99% of sites in Arizona. Against other Arizona sites it stands out most in spring (99th percentile) and lowest in fall (28th). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.36 mi W. 2 things to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 72nd percentile (spring 94th, summer 25th, fall 27th)
  • Arizona: 99th percentile (spring 99th, summer 85th, fall 28th)
  • Arizona/New Mexico Mountains: 100th percentile (spring 100th, summer 60th, fall 37th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Jan 16 — Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: Feb 16 to Apr 30 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Spring-flowering shrubs
  • Fall flow: May 16 to May 31 — Summer-flowering shrubs, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Season ends: Sep 30

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Spring-flowering shrubs, Summer-flowering shrubs; extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Garden flowers, Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard); light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Garden flowers, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Rabbitbrush; amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Spring-flowering shrubs, Summer-flowering shrubs; extra light amber

Things to watch

  • Heavily developed. About 55% of the land within a mile is developed. Less room for forage, and more neighbors near the hives.
  • Near a FEMA high-risk flood zone. A mapped high-risk flood zone (AE) 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.