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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 37.0263, -112.5249

Estimated forage here is better than about 91% of sites in Utah. Against other Utah sites it stands out most in spring (98th percentile) and lowest in fall (53rd). Biggest nearby bee crops: alfalfa (right here). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, 0.44 mi SE.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 58th percentile (spring 61st, summer 68th, fall 63rd)
  • Utah: 91st percentile (spring 98th, summer 83rd, fall 53rd)
  • Colorado Plateaus: 97th percentile (spring 99th, summer 94th, fall 78th)

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: Apr 1 to Jul 31 — Alfalfa, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Fall flow: Aug 16 to Aug 31 — Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Yellow starthistle
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Alfalfa: about 261 acres in a typical year, nearest 0 mi W, blooms early Jun – late Jul
  • Alfalfa: about 63 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi NE, blooms early Jun – late Jul
  • Alfalfa: about 37 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi N, blooms early Jun – late Jul
  • Alfalfa: about 24 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi NE, blooms early Jun – late Jul
  • Alfalfa: about 13 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi E, blooms early Jun – late Jul
  • Alfalfa: about 7 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi S, blooms early Jun – late Jul

What the honey would be made of

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