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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 36.5714, -115.7203

Estimated forage here is better than about 10% of sites in Nevada. Against other Nevada sites it stands out most in spring (62nd percentile) and lowest in fall (4th). Expect a dearth from late May to early Aug. Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 2nd percentile (spring 15th, summer 2nd, fall 27th)
  • Nevada: 10th percentile (spring 62nd, summer 8th, fall 4th)
  • Mojave Basin and Range: 54th percentile (spring 60th, summer 62nd, fall 38th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Feb 1 — Native wildflowers, Spring-flowering shrubs, Dandelion
  • Main flow: Mar 1 to May 15 — Native wildflowers, Spring-flowering shrubs
  • Dearth: Feb 16 to Feb 28
  • Dearth: May 16 to Aug 15
  • Fall flow: Jun 1 to Sep 30 — Rabbitbrush, Native wildflowers
  • Season ends: Oct 31

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Native wildflowers, Spring-flowering shrubs, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion; light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Rabbitbrush, Native wildflowers, Garden flowers, Dandelion; dark amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Rabbitbrush; dark amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Native wildflowers, Rabbitbrush, Spring-flowering shrubs, Clovers: white, alsike and red; amber

Things to watch

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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.