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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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Forage report for 37.2365, -113.3466

Estimated forage here is better than about 64% of sites in Utah. Against other Utah sites it stands out most in spring (94th percentile) and lowest in summer (35th). Biggest nearby bee crops: alfalfa (nearest 0.8 mi N); apricots (nearest 1.1 mi W). Nearest mapped water: pond, lake or river, less than 0.1 mi away. 1 thing to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 17th percentile (spring 47th, summer 19th, fall 53rd)
  • Utah: 64th percentile (spring 94th, summer 35th, fall 37th)
  • Mojave Basin and Range: 93rd percentile (spring 91st, summer 95th, fall 98th)

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, Weedy mustards, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Main flow: Feb 16 to Jun 30 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Spotted and diffuse knapweed
  • Fall flow: Aug 1 to Aug 15 — Rabbitbrush, Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Alfalfa: about 57 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi W, blooms early May – early Jul
  • Alfalfa: about 17 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi N, blooms early May – early Jul
  • Apricots: about 1 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi W, blooms late Feb – early Mar
  • Alfalfa: about 5 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi NW, blooms early May – early Jul
  • Alfalfa: about 30 acres in a typical year, nearest 3.5 mi E, blooms early May – early Jul
  • Alfalfa: about 18 acres in a typical year, nearest 3.3 mi NE, blooms early May – early Jul

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard); extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Rabbitbrush, Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush; amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Rabbitbrush, Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush, Asters; dark amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard); light amber

Things to watch

  • Bee crops nearby that are often sprayed. Apricots: insecticides used on about 76% of surveyed US acres (2025). Figures are from USDA's Agricultural Chemical Use Survey, matched by crop type from the crop map. The survey counts any insecticide use in the crop year (not seed treatments) and doesn't say when; ask nearby growers about spray timing.
  • Flood map not checked. FEMA's flood map service didn't answer. Check it directly.

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.