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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 36.2939, -119.1457

Estimated forage here is better than about 99% of sites in California. Against other California sites it stands out most in spring (100th percentile) and lowest in fall (36th). Biggest nearby bee crops: citrus (nearest 0.2 mi SW); almonds (nearest 0.9 mi W); oranges (nearest 1.0 mi SW). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.47 mi W. 2 things to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 100th percentile (spring 100th, summer 16th, fall 16th)
  • California: 99th percentile (spring 100th, summer 39th, fall 36th)
  • Central California Valley: 94th percentile (spring 96th, summer 34th, fall 72nd)

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

Season

  • First forage: Feb 1 — Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Almonds
  • Main flow: Mar 16 to May 15 — Citrus
  • Season ends: May 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Citrus: about 6,272 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi S, blooms late Mar – early May
  • Citrus: about 337 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.3 mi N, blooms late Mar – early May
  • Citrus: about 2,469 acres in a typical year, nearest 2 mi E, blooms late Mar – early May
  • Citrus: about 1,275 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.3 mi N, blooms late Mar – early May
  • Citrus: about 53 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi NW, blooms late Mar – early May
  • Citrus: about 18 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi W, blooms late Mar – early May

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Citrus, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion; white
  • Summer honey (July and August): Garden flowers, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard); extra light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Garden flowers, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster); amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Citrus, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Garden flowers; white

Things to watch

  • Heavily developed. About 67% 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. Citrus: grapefruit: insecticides used on about 63% of surveyed US acres (2025); Citrus: lemons: insecticides used on about 75% of surveyed US acres (2025); Citrus: tangerines: insecticides used on about 82% of surveyed US acres (2025); Oranges: insecticides used on about 93% of surveyed US acres (2025); Plums: insecticides used on about 75% 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.

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.