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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 37.7884, -114.3996

Estimated forage here is better than about 99% of sites in Nevada. Against other Nevada sites it stands out most in spring (100th percentile) and lowest in fall (44th). Biggest nearby bee crops: alfalfa (right here, grown 1 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.1 mi S, 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. 1 thing to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 70th percentile (spring 73rd, summer 72nd, fall 67th)
  • Nevada: 99th percentile (spring 100th, summer 99th, fall 44th)
  • Central Basin and Range: 97th percentile (spring 99th, summer 94th, fall 38th)

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, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: Apr 1 to Aug 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Alfalfa, Dandelion
  • Fall flow: Sep 1 to Sep 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Alfalfa: about 129 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi N, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 34 acres in a typical year, nearest 0 mi , blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 34 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi SW, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Corn: about 17 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi S, blooms early Jul – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 151 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi SW, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 81 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi N, blooms early Jun – early Aug

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Alfalfa; extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Alfalfa, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Dandelion; extra light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Dandelion; light amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Alfalfa, Dandelion, Spotted and diffuse knapweed; extra light amber

Things to watch

  • Near a FEMA high-risk flood zone. A mapped high-risk flood zone (A, AE) is within about 300 m. Check FEMA's map for the exact spot.

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.