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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 35.8322, -110.3672

Estimated forage here is better than about 61% of sites in Arizona. Spring, summer and fall all rank about the same against other Arizona sites. Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 10th percentile (spring 36th, summer 18th, fall 51st)
  • Arizona: 61st percentile (spring 65th, summer 74th, fall 73rd)
  • Arizona/New Mexico Plateau: 49th percentile (spring 79th, summer 42nd, fall 25th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 1 — Dandelion, Native wildflowers, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar)
  • Main flow: Apr 16 to Jun 30 — Spring-flowering shrubs, Native wildflowers, Summer-flowering shrubs
  • Fall flow: Aug 1 to Sep 15 — Rabbitbrush, Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster)
  • Season ends: Oct 31

What the honey would be made of

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