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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 36.0045, -113.8016

Estimated forage here is better than about 15% of sites in Arizona. Against other Arizona sites it stands out most in fall (55th percentile) and lowest in spring (18th). Expect a dearth from early May to late Aug. Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.25 mi W.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 2nd percentile (spring 10th, summer 2nd, fall 34th)
  • Arizona: 15th percentile (spring 18th, summer 26th, fall 55th)
  • Mojave Basin and Range: 53rd percentile (spring 29th, summer 61st, fall 90th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Jan 1 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Weedy mustards, Native wildflowers
  • Main flow: Feb 1 to May 15 — Native wildflowers, Spring-flowering shrubs, Native wildflowers
  • Dearth: Feb 1 to Feb 28
  • Dearth: May 1 to Aug 31
  • 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, Native wildflowers, Spring-flowering shrubs, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard); extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Asters, Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush, Rabbitbrush; amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush, Asters, Rabbitbrush; dark amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Native wildflowers, Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Native wildflowers, Rubber rabbitbrush; 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.