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 36.6965, -109.6200

Estimated forage here is better than about 81% of sites in Arizona. Against other Arizona sites it stands out most in summer (94th percentile) and lowest in spring (73rd). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, 0.19 mi SW.

Ranking

Continental US: 18th percentile (spring 42nd, summer 35th, fall 56th)
Arizona: 81st percentile (spring 73rd, summer 94th, fall 78th)
Colorado Plateaus: 85th percentile (spring 96th, summer 77th, fall 65th)

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

Season

First forage: Feb 1 — Weedy mustards, Dandelion
Main flow: Mar 16 to Aug 31 — Yellow starthistle, Weedy mustards, Spotted and diffuse knapweed
Season ends: Oct 31

What the honey would be made of

Spring honey (March to June): Weedy mustards, Yellow starthistle, Dandelion, Spotted and diffuse knapweed; extra light amber
Summer honey (July and August): Yellow starthistle, Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Weedy mustards, Dandelion; light amber
Fall honey (September to November): Yellow starthistle, Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Rabbitbrush, Green/yellow rabbitbrush; amber
Whole season (March to November): Yellow starthistle, Weedy mustards, Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Dandelion; 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.