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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 37.0144, -112.9976

Estimated forage here is better than about 66% of sites in Utah. Against other Utah sites it stands out most in spring (93rd percentile) and lowest in fall (42nd). Biggest nearby bee crops: alfalfa (nearest 1.3 mi SE, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 18th percentile (spring 44th, summer 33rd, fall 56th)
  • Utah: 66th percentile (spring 93rd, summer 53rd, fall 42nd)
  • Colorado Plateaus: 85th percentile (spring 96th, summer 76th, fall 65th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Feb 16 — Dandelion, Weedy mustards
  • Main flow: Mar 16 to Aug 31 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Spotted and diffuse knapweed
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Alfalfa: about 8 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.3 mi SE, blooms early Jun – late Jul
  • Alfalfa: about 7 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.5 mi SE, blooms early Jun – late Jul
  • Alfalfa: about 7 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.6 mi SE, blooms early Jun – late Jul
  • Alfalfa: about 2 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.3 mi S, blooms early Jun – late Jul
  • Alfalfa: about 17 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.7 mi S, blooms early Jun – late Jul
  • Alfalfa: about 3 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.2 mi E, blooms early Jun – late Jul

What the honey would be made of

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