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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 35.9530, -114.0797

Estimated forage here is better than about 59% of sites in Arizona. Against other Arizona sites it stands out most in spring (70th percentile) and lowest in summer (47th). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 10th percentile (spring 40th, summer 7th, fall 32nd)
  • Arizona: 59th percentile (spring 70th, summer 47th, fall 52nd)
  • Mojave Basin and Range: 88th percentile (spring 88th, summer 88th, fall 86th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Jan 16 — Dandelion, Native wildflowers, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: Feb 16 to May 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Native wildflowers
  • Fall flow: Jun 1 to Jun 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): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Native wildflowers, Spring-flowering shrubs; extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Rabbitbrush, Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Garden flowers; amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Rabbitbrush, Garden flowers; dark amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Rabbitbrush, Native wildflowers; 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.