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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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Forage report for 37.6447, -115.1890

Estimated forage here is better than about 25% of sites in Nevada. Against other Nevada sites it stands out most in spring (82nd percentile) and lowest in summer (16th). Biggest nearby bee crops: alfalfa (nearest 0.8 mi N, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.14 mi NW.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 5th percentile (spring 23rd, summer 7th, fall 40th)
  • Nevada: 25th percentile (spring 82nd, summer 16th, fall 18th)
  • Central Basin and Range: 17th percentile (spring 74th, summer 6th, fall 9th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 1 — Native wildflowers, Spring-flowering shrubs, Dandelion
  • Main flow: Apr 1 to Jun 30 — Native wildflowers, Spring-flowering shrubs, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Fall flow: Aug 1 to Oct 31 — Rabbitbrush
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Alfalfa: about 21 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi NW, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Alfalfa: about 37 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.8 mi N, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Alfalfa: about 2 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi N, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Alfalfa: about 18 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.6 mi SW, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Alfalfa: about 4 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.7 mi N, blooms late May – late Jul
  • Alfalfa: about 3 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.7 mi SW, blooms late May – late Jul

What the honey would be made of

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

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.