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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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Forage report for 37.3996, -120.6366

Estimated forage here is better than about 99% of sites in California. Against other California sites it stands out most in spring (99th percentile) and lowest in fall (17th). Biggest nearby bee crops: almonds (right here); peaches (nearest 1.5 mi W); dry beans (nearest 0.6 mi SW, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.29 mi W. 1 thing to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 100th percentile (spring 100th, summer 9th, fall 4th)
  • California: 99th percentile (spring 99th, summer 31st, fall 17th)
  • Central California Valley: 94th percentile (spring 90th, summer 22nd, fall 50th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Feb 1 — Almonds
  • Main flow: Feb 16 to Mar 15 — Almonds
  • Season ends: Mar 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Almonds: about 14,972 acres in a typical year, nearest 0 mi S, blooms early Feb – late Mar
  • Almonds: about 2,328 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.8 mi SW, blooms early Feb – late Mar
  • Almonds: about 13 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.6 mi E, blooms early Feb – late Mar
  • Almonds: about 178 acres in a typical year, nearest 3.2 mi E, blooms early Feb – late Mar
  • Almonds: about 21 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.3 mi E, blooms early Feb – late Mar
  • Peaches: about 30 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.8 mi SW, blooms early Feb – late Feb

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Almonds, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Alfalfa; extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Garden flowers, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Cotton; extra light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Garden flowers, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster); amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Almonds, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Garden flowers; extra light amber

Things to watch

  • Bee crops nearby that are often sprayed. Peaches: insecticides used on about 86% of surveyed US acres (2025); Cotton: insecticides used on about 39% 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.