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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 35.2478, -112.1794

Estimated forage here is better than about 86% of sites in Arizona. Against other Arizona sites it stands out most in summer (98th percentile) and lowest in fall (72nd). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.41 mi NE.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 23rd percentile (spring 42nd, summer 49th, fall 50th)
  • Arizona: 86th percentile (spring 73rd, summer 98th, fall 72nd)
  • Arizona/New Mexico Mountains: 84th percentile (spring 64th, summer 95th, fall 67th)

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, Native wildflowers, 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, Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Dandelion
  • 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.