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 36.8272, -109.8755

Estimated forage here is better than about 43% of sites in Arizona. Against other Arizona sites it stands out most in fall (68th percentile) and lowest in spring (44th). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.42 mi NW.

Ranking

Continental US: 6th percentile (spring 23rd, summer 14th, fall 46th)
Arizona: 43rd percentile (spring 44th, summer 64th, fall 68th)
Colorado Plateaus: 52nd percentile (spring 77th, summer 44th, fall 45th)

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

Season

First forage: Feb 16 — Dandelion, Weedy mustards, Native wildflowers
Main flow: Mar 16 to Aug 31 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Native wildflowers, Dandelion
Fall flow: Sep 16 to Oct 15 — Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush
Season ends: Oct 31

What the honey would be made of

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