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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 34.8643, -114.1466

Estimated forage here is better than about 80% of sites in Arizona. Against other Arizona sites it stands out most in spring (75th percentile) and lowest in fall (40th). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 17th percentile (spring 44th, summer 7th, fall 31st)
  • Arizona: 80th percentile (spring 75th, summer 48th, fall 40th)
  • Mojave Basin and Range: 93rd percentile (spring 90th, summer 88th, fall 64th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Jan 1 — Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: Feb 1 to Apr 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Season ends: Oct 31

What the honey would be made of

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

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.