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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 34.6183, -120.0958

Estimated forage here is better than about 88% of sites in California. Against other California sites it stands out most in spring (84th percentile) and lowest in summer (66th). Biggest nearby bee crops: grapes (nearest 0.4 mi NE); apples (nearest 1.4 mi W). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.13 mi SE. 2 things to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 95th percentile (spring 98th, summer 39th, fall 41st)
  • California: 88th percentile (spring 84th, summer 66th, fall 75th)
  • Central California Foothills and Coastal Mountains: 69th percentile (spring 54th, summer 57th, fall 52nd)

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

Season

  • First forage: Jan 1 — Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Main flow: Jan 16 to Apr 30 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Fall flow: May 16 to Jun 15 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Season ends: Sep 30

Bee crops nearby

  • Grapes: about 126 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi S, blooms late Mar – late Apr
  • Grapes: about 38 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi W, blooms late Mar – late Apr
  • Grapes: about 286 acres in a typical year, nearest 2 mi E, blooms late Mar – late Apr
  • Grapes: about 108 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.3 mi NE, blooms late Mar – late Apr
  • Grapes: about 74 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.8 mi SW, blooms late Mar – late Apr
  • Apples: about 5 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.4 mi W, blooms late Feb – early Mar

What the honey would be made of

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

Things to watch

  • Heavily developed. About 69% of the land within a mile is developed. Less room for forage, and more neighbors near the hives.
  • Bee crops nearby that are often sprayed. Grapes (all types): insecticides used on about 58% of surveyed US acres (2021); Grapes, wine type: insecticides used on about 56% of surveyed US acres (2025); Grapes, table type: insecticides used on about 50% of surveyed US acres (2025); Grapes, raisin type: insecticides used on about 77% of surveyed US acres (2025); 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.