Bee forage check

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 36.5864, -110.6636

Estimated forage here is better than about 65% of sites in Arizona. Against other Arizona sites it stands out most in fall (85th percentile) and lowest in spring (58th). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.3 mi SW.

Ranking

Continental US: 11th percentile (spring 31st, summer 23rd, fall 65th)
Arizona: 65th percentile (spring 58th, summer 82nd, fall 85th)
Arizona/New Mexico Plateau: 57th percentile (spring 70th, summer 60th, fall 46th)

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

Season

First forage: Mar 1 — Weedy mustards, Dandelion, Arrowleaf balsamroot
Main flow: Apr 16 to Jul 15 — Native wildflowers, Spring-flowering shrubs, Weedy mustards
Fall flow: Aug 1 to Oct 31 — Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush
Season ends: Oct 31

What the honey would be made of

Spring honey (March to June): Native wildflowers, Spring-flowering shrubs, Weedy mustards, Dandelion; extra light amber
Summer honey (July and August): Native wildflowers, Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush, Spotted and diffuse knapweed; amber
Fall honey (September to November): Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush, Rabbitbrush; dark amber
Whole season (March to November): Native wildflowers, Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush, Spring-flowering shrubs; light 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.