Bee forage check

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 35.9125, -109.4755

Estimated forage here is better than about 61% of sites in Arizona. Against other Arizona sites it stands out most in fall (90th percentile) and lowest in spring (47th). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.12 mi SE.

Ranking

Continental US: 10th percentile (spring 24th, summer 21st, fall 72nd)
Arizona: 61st percentile (spring 47th, summer 79th, fall 90th)
Arizona/New Mexico Plateau: 49th percentile (spring 51st, summer 52nd, 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 1 — Weedy mustards, Dandelion, Native wildflowers
Main flow: Apr 1 to Jul 15 — Native wildflowers, Native wildflowers, Spring-flowering shrubs
Fall flow: Aug 1 to Oct 31 — Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush, Asters
Season ends: Oct 31

What the honey would be made of

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