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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 35.4297, -110.8418

Estimated forage here is better than about 66% of sites in Arizona. Against other Arizona sites it stands out most in spring (79th percentile) and lowest in fall (55th). Nearest mapped water: pond, lake or river, 0.34 mi NE.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 11th percentile (spring 48th, summer 11th, fall 34th)
  • Arizona: 66th percentile (spring 79th, summer 58th, fall 55th)
  • Arizona/New Mexico Plateau: 58th percentile (spring 92nd, summer 20th, fall 11th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 1 — Native wildflowers, Dandelion, Spring-flowering shrubs
  • Main flow: Apr 1 to May 31 — Spring-flowering shrubs, Summer-flowering shrubs, Native wildflowers
  • Fall flow: Jun 16 to Jun 30 — Summer-flowering shrubs, Native wildflowers
  • Season ends: Oct 31

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Spring-flowering shrubs, Summer-flowering shrubs, Native wildflowers, Dandelion; light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Summer-flowering shrubs, Rabbitbrush, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Green/yellow rabbitbrush; amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Rabbitbrush, Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Rubber rabbitbrush; dark amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Spring-flowering shrubs, Summer-flowering shrubs, Native wildflowers, Dandelion; 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.