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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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Forage report for 37.6422, -115.7668

Estimated forage here is better than about 58% of sites in Nevada. Against other Nevada sites it stands out most in spring (84th percentile) and lowest in fall (26th). Biggest nearby bee crops: alfalfa (nearest 0.7 mi W, grown 1 of the last 5 years). 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 26th, summer 29th, fall 50th)
  • Nevada: 58th percentile (spring 84th, summer 60th, fall 26th)
  • Central Basin and Range: 51st percentile (spring 77th, summer 54th, fall 16th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 1 — Dandelion, Weedy mustards, Native wildflowers
  • Main flow: Apr 16 to Aug 15 — Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Alfalfa, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Fall flow: Sep 1 to Sep 15 — Rabbitbrush, Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Yellow starthistle
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Alfalfa: about 88 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi W, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 23 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi W, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 67 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.8 mi W, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 9 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi W, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 64 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.8 mi W, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 26 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.5 mi NW, blooms early Jun – early Aug

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Native wildflowers, Dandelion, Weedy mustards; extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Alfalfa, Rabbitbrush, Clovers: white, alsike and red; extra light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Rabbitbrush, Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Yellow starthistle, Clovers: white, alsike and red; amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Alfalfa, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Native wildflowers; 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.