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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 37.4608, -109.4584

Estimated forage here is better than about 35% of sites in Utah. Against other Utah sites it stands out most in spring (76th percentile) and lowest in summer (26th). Expect a dearth in late Jul. Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.13 mi SW.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 7th percentile (spring 27th, summer 13th, fall 55th)
  • Utah: 35th percentile (spring 76th, summer 26th, fall 39th)
  • Colorado Plateaus: 58th percentile (spring 84th, summer 42nd, fall 62nd)

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, Weedy mustards
  • Main flow: Mar 16 to Jun 30 — Native wildflowers, Spring-flowering shrubs, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Dearth: Jul 16 to Jul 31
  • Fall flow: Aug 1 to Oct 31 — Rabbitbrush, Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush
  • Season ends: Oct 31

What the honey would be made of

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