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 36.9975, -111.5577

Estimated forage here is better than about 41% of sites in Arizona. Against other Arizona sites it stands out most in spring (65th percentile) and lowest in fall (5th). Nearest mapped water: open water, 0.16 mi E.

Ranking

Continental US: 6th percentile (spring 36th, summer 6th, fall 7th)
Arizona: 41st percentile (spring 65th, summer 43rd, fall 5th)
Colorado Plateaus: 50th percentile (spring 92nd, summer 21st, fall 2nd)

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, Clovers: white, alsike and red
Main flow: Mar 1 to May 15 — Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red
Fall flow: Jun 1 to Jun 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Native wildflowers, Dandelion
Season ends: Sep 30

What the honey would be made of

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