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 34.3684, -111.3637

Estimated forage here is better than about 85% of sites in Arizona. Against other Arizona sites it stands out most in spring (87th percentile) and lowest in fall (69th). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

Continental US: 21st percentile (spring 60th, summer 23rd, fall 47th)
Arizona: 85th percentile (spring 87th, summer 82nd, fall 69th)
Arizona/New Mexico Mountains: 81st percentile (spring 88th, summer 55th, fall 64th)

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

Season

First forage: Feb 16 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Native wildflowers, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
Main flow: Apr 1 to Jun 15 — Spring-flowering shrubs, Summer-flowering shrubs, Native wildflowers
Season ends: Oct 31

What the honey would be made of

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