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 35.1465, -117.8678

Estimated forage here is better than about 21% of sites in California. Against other California sites it stands out most in fall (54th percentile) and lowest in summer (24th). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

Continental US: 6th percentile (spring 32nd, summer 5th, fall 27th)
California: 21st percentile (spring 30th, summer 24th, fall 54th)
Mojave Basin and Range: 85th percentile (spring 84th, summer 83rd, fall 37th)

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, Native wildflowers
Main flow: Feb 1 to May 15 — Native wildflowers, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
Fall flow: Jun 1 to Jun 30 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red
Season ends: Oct 31

What the honey would be made of

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