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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 35.6599, -109.0958

Estimated forage here is better than about 93% of sites in Arizona. Against other Arizona sites it stands out most in summer (98th percentile) and lowest in spring (84th). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 39th percentile (spring 55th, summer 49th, fall 72nd)
  • Arizona: 93rd percentile (spring 84th, summer 98th, fall 90th)
  • Arizona/New Mexico Plateau: 95th percentile (spring 96th, summer 95th, fall 60th)

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: Apr 1 to Jul 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Fall flow: Aug 1 to Sep 30 — Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Spotted and diffuse knapweed
  • Season ends: Oct 31

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Spring-flowering shrubs, Summer-flowering shrubs; light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Dandelion, Summer-flowering shrubs; light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush, Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red; amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Green/yellow rabbitbrush; 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.