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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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Forage report for 37.1321, -113.6573

Estimated forage here is better than about 86% of sites in Utah. Against other Utah sites it stands out most in spring (99th percentile) and lowest in fall (22nd). Biggest nearby bee crops: alfalfa (nearest 0.2 mi W); corn (nearest 2.1 mi SE, grown 3 of the last 5 years); sorghum (nearest 2.3 mi NW, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.1 mi SW.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 47th percentile (spring 74th, summer 29th, fall 40th)
  • Utah: 86th percentile (spring 99th, summer 48th, fall 22nd)
  • Mojave Basin and Range: 98th percentile (spring 97th, summer 98th, fall 95th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Jan 16 — Dandelion
  • Main flow: Feb 16 to May 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Fall flow: Jun 1 to Jul 15 — Alfalfa, Garden flowers, Dandelion
  • Season ends: Sep 30

Bee crops nearby

  • Alfalfa: about 37 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi W, blooms early May – late Jun
  • Alfalfa: about 5 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi SE, blooms early May – late Jun
  • Alfalfa: about 12 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.6 mi NW, blooms early May – late Jun
  • Alfalfa: about 22 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.1 mi N, blooms early May – late Jun
  • Alfalfa: about 4 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi SE, blooms early May – late Jun
  • Alfalfa: about 3 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi E, blooms early May – late Jun

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Alfalfa, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard); extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Garden flowers, Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Rabbitbrush; light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Garden flowers, Rabbitbrush; dark amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Garden flowers, Alfalfa; 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.