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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 35.2475, -112.1821

Estimated forage here is better than about 88% of sites in Arizona. Against other Arizona sites it stands out most in summer (98th percentile) and lowest in fall (74th). Nearest mapped water: pond, lake or river, 0.39 mi SW.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 26th percentile (spring 45th, summer 51st, fall 52nd)
  • Arizona: 88th percentile (spring 76th, summer 98th, fall 74th)
  • Arizona/New Mexico Mountains: 89th percentile (spring 68th, summer 96th, fall 70th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 16 — Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: May 1 to Jul 31 — Summer-flowering shrubs, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Fall flow: Aug 16 to Aug 31 — Summer-flowering shrubs, Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Season ends: Oct 15

What the honey would be made of

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