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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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Forage report for 36.2003, -119.3391

Estimated forage here is better than about 75% of sites in California. Spring, summer and fall all rank about the same against other California sites. Biggest nearby bee crops: almonds (nearest 0.5 mi SW); corn (nearest 1.1 mi SW, grown 2 of the last 5 years); alfalfa (nearest 1.5 mi SW, grown 4 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, 0.3 mi S. 2 things to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 79th percentile (spring 86th, summer 35th, fall 34th)
  • California: 75th percentile (spring 59th, summer 61st, fall 68th)
  • Central California Valley: 31st percentile (spring 28th, summer 67th, fall 83rd)

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

Season

  • First forage: Jan 16 — Dandelion, Maples, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: Feb 1 to Mar 31 — Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Almonds
  • Fall flow: Apr 16 to May 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Season ends: Sep 30

Bee crops nearby

  • Almonds: about 131 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi SW, blooms early Feb – late Mar
  • Almonds: about 895 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.5 mi SE, blooms early Feb – late Mar
  • Almonds: about 56 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi W, blooms early Feb – late Mar
  • Almonds: about 365 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.1 mi W, blooms early Feb – late Mar
  • Almonds: about 98 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.7 mi SW, blooms early Feb – late Mar
  • Corn: about 144 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi SW, blooms early May – early Jul

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Garden flowers, Almonds; extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Garden flowers, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Cotton; extra light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Garden flowers
  • Whole season (March to November): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Garden flowers, Almonds; extra light amber

Things to watch

  • Heavily developed. About 91% of the land within a mile is developed. Less room for forage, and more neighbors near the hives.
  • Bee crops nearby that are often sprayed. Cherries, sweet: insecticides used on about 84% of surveyed US acres (2025); Cherries, tart: insecticides used on about 45% of surveyed US acres (2025); Cotton: insecticides used on about 39% of surveyed US acres (2025). Figures are from USDA's Agricultural Chemical Use Survey, matched by crop type from the crop map. The survey counts any insecticide use in the crop year (not seed treatments) and doesn't say when; ask nearby growers about spray timing.
  • Flood map not checked. FEMA's flood map service didn't answer. Check it directly.

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.