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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 37.0474, -110.7893

Estimated forage here is better than about 14% of sites in Utah. Against other Utah sites it ranks highest in spring (47th percentile) and lowest in summer and fall (13th). Expect a dearth from early Jul to early Aug. Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.32 mi NW.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 3rd percentile (spring 15th, summer 6th, fall 30th)
  • Utah: 14th percentile (spring 47th, summer 13th, fall 13th)
  • Colorado Plateaus: 24th percentile (spring 49th, summer 23rd, fall 20th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 16 — Native wildflowers, Spring-flowering shrubs
  • Main flow: Apr 16 to Jun 15 — Spring-flowering shrubs, Native wildflowers
  • Dearth: Jul 1 to Aug 15
  • Fall flow: Jul 1 to Aug 15 — Native wildflowers, Rabbitbrush
  • Season ends: Oct 31

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Spring-flowering shrubs, Native wildflowers; light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Rabbitbrush, Native wildflowers; dark amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Rabbitbrush; dark amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Native wildflowers, Spring-flowering shrubs, Rabbitbrush; amber

Things to watch

  • No digital FEMA flood map here. FEMA has no digital flood map for this area. Ask the county, and look for low ground near creeks before placing hives.

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.