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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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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 36.3496, -119.4210

Estimated forage here is better than about 86% of sites in California. Against other California sites it stands out most in spring (78th percentile) and lowest in fall (37th). Biggest nearby bee crops: almonds (nearest 0.3 mi NE); alfalfa (nearest 0.5 mi N, grown 3 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 1.0 mi S, grown 4 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.71 mi S. 2 things to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 92nd percentile (spring 97th, summer 37th, fall 17th)
  • California: 86th percentile (spring 78th, summer 63rd, fall 37th)
  • Central California Valley: 50th percentile (spring 47th, summer 69th, fall 72nd)

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, Almonds
  • Main flow: Feb 16 to Mar 15 — Almonds, Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Season ends: Jul 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Almonds: about 2,039 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi N, blooms early Feb – late Mar
  • Almonds: about 200 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi W, blooms early Feb – late Mar
  • Almonds: about 30 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi NE, blooms early Feb – late Mar
  • Almonds: about 43 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi W, blooms early Feb – late Mar
  • Almonds: about 33 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi SW, blooms early Feb – late Mar
  • Alfalfa: about 158 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi N, blooms late Apr – late Jun

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Alfalfa, Almonds, Dandelion; 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, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster); amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Alfalfa, Almonds, Dandelion; extra light amber

Things to watch

  • Heavily developed. About 52% of the land within a mile is developed. Less room for forage, and more neighbors near the hives.
  • Near a FEMA high-risk flood zone. A mapped high-risk flood zone (AE) is within about 300 m. Check FEMA's map for the exact spot.

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.