Bee forage check

How good is this spot for honey bees?

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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 37.5739, -118.7906

Estimated forage here is better than about 24% of sites in California. Against other California sites it stands out most in fall (96th percentile) and lowest in spring (14th). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

Continental US: 11th percentile (spring 10th, summer 34th, fall 71st)
California: 24th percentile (spring 14th, summer 60th, fall 96th)
Sierra Nevada: 17th percentile (spring 22nd, summer 33rd, fall 98th)

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

Season

First forage: Apr 1 — Dandelion, Native wildflowers
Main flow: May 16 to Sep 30 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Native wildflowers, Rabbitbrush
Fall flow: Oct 16 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, Spring-flowering shrubs, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion; light amber
Summer honey (July and August): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Rabbitbrush, Native wildflowers, Spotted and diffuse knapweed; light amber
Fall honey (September to November): Rabbitbrush, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Green/yellow rabbitbrush; amber
Whole season (March to November): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Rabbitbrush, Native wildflowers, Spring-flowering shrubs; 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.