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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 35.8164, -117.3475

Estimated forage here is better than about 16% of sites in California. Against other California sites it ranks highest in fall (34th percentile) and lowest in summer (16th). Expect a dearth from late May to late Jun. Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.1 mi S.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 3rd percentile (spring 17th, summer 2nd, fall 16th)
  • California: 16th percentile (spring 22nd, summer 16th, fall 34th)
  • Mojave Basin and Range: 67th percentile (spring 65th, summer 61st, fall 12th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Jan 1 — Dandelion, Native wildflowers
  • Main flow: Feb 16 to May 15 — Native wildflowers, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Dearth: Jan 16 to Jan 31
  • Dearth: May 16 to Jun 30
  • Fall flow: Jun 1 to Jun 15 — Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Season ends: Oct 31

What the honey would be made of

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