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 35.6003, -110.0811

Estimated forage here is better than about 47% of sites in Arizona. Against other Arizona sites it stands out most in fall (84th percentile) and lowest in spring (34th). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.9 mi SW.

Ranking

Continental US: 7th percentile (spring 19th, summer 16th, fall 63rd)
Arizona: 47th percentile (spring 34th, summer 69th, fall 84th)
Arizona/New Mexico Plateau: 28th percentile (spring 28th, summer 32nd, fall 43rd)

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, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
Main flow: Apr 1 to Jul 15 — Native wildflowers, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Native wildflowers
Fall flow: Aug 1 to Oct 31 — Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rabbitbrush, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster)
Season ends: Oct 31

What the honey would be made of

Spring honey (March to June): Native wildflowers, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Spring-flowering shrubs, Native wildflowers; extra light amber
Summer honey (July and August): Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Asters, Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard); amber
Fall honey (September to November): Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rabbitbrush, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Rubber rabbitbrush; dark amber
Whole season (March to November): Native wildflowers, Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster); 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.