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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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Forage report for 34.4404, -117.5242

Estimated forage here is better than about 51% of sites in California. Spring, summer and fall all rank about the same against other California sites. Biggest nearby bee crops: apples (nearest 2.1 mi NW). 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: 51st percentile (spring 79th, summer 27th, fall 26th)
  • California: 51st percentile (spring 53rd, summer 51st, fall 51st)
  • Mojave Basin and Range: 98th percentile (spring 98th, summer 98th, fall 31st)

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

Season

  • First forage: Jan 16 — Dandelion
  • Main flow: Feb 16 to May 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Fall flow: Jun 1 to Jun 15 — Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Garden flowers
  • Season ends: Sep 30

Bee crops nearby

  • Apples: about 1 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.1 mi NW, blooms early Mar – late Mar
  • Apples: about 2 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.4 mi NW, blooms early Mar – late Mar
  • Apples: about 2 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.7 mi SW, blooms early Mar – late Mar
  • Apples: about 3 acres in a typical year, nearest 3.1 mi NW, blooms early Mar – late Mar

What the honey would be made of

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

Things to watch

  • Bee crops nearby that are often sprayed. Apples: insecticides used on about 77% of surveyed US acres (2025). Figures are from USDA's Agricultural Chemical Use Survey, matched by crop type from the crop map. The survey counts any insecticide use in the crop year (not seed treatments) and doesn't say when; ask nearby growers about spray timing.

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.