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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 37.2505, -112.6560

Estimated forage here is better than about 61% of sites in Utah. Against other Utah sites it stands out most in spring (86th percentile) and lowest in fall (24th). Biggest nearby bee crops: alfalfa (right here); apples (nearest 3.5 mi NE). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 15th percentile (spring 36th, summer 38th, fall 42nd)
  • Utah: 61st percentile (spring 86th, summer 58th, fall 24th)
  • Colorado Plateaus: 82nd percentile (spring 92nd, summer 80th, fall 39th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 1 — Dandelion, Native wildflowers, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: Apr 16 to Aug 15 — Alfalfa, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Spring-flowering shrubs
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Alfalfa: about 42 acres in a typical year, nearest 0 mi , blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 169 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi SW, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 135 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi N, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 98 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi SW, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 9 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi W, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 35 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi N, blooms early Jun – early Aug

What the honey would be made of

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