Bee forage check

How good is this spot for honey bees?

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Forage report for 37.0720, -111.6625

Estimated forage here is better than about 26% of sites in Utah. Against other Utah sites it stands out most in spring (79th percentile) and lowest in fall (4th). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.12 mi NW.

Ranking

Continental US: 5th percentile (spring 29th, summer 7th, fall 16th)
Utah: 26th percentile (spring 79th, summer 14th, fall 4th)
Colorado Plateaus: 41st percentile (spring 86th, summer 25th, fall 7th)

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, Native wildflowers
Main flow: Mar 16 to Jun 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Native wildflowers
Season ends: Oct 31

What the honey would be made of

Spring honey (March to June): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Native wildflowers, Spring-flowering shrubs; light amber
Summer honey (July and August): Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Rabbitbrush; 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, Spring-flowering shrubs; light 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.