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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 37.8197, -120.6700

Estimated forage here is better than about 92% of sites in California. Against other California sites it stands out most in spring (91st percentile) and lowest in summer (77th). Biggest nearby bee crops: almonds (right here); cherries (nearest 1.3 mi W). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, less than 0.1 mi away. 2 things to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 99th percentile (spring 98th, summer 52nd, fall 50th)
  • California: 92nd percentile (spring 91st, summer 77th, fall 84th)
  • Central California Foothills and Coastal Mountains: 79th percentile (spring 74th, summer 73rd, fall 74th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Jan 1 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Main flow: Feb 1 to Apr 30 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Almonds
  • Fall flow: May 16 to Jun 15 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Season ends: Jul 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Almonds: about 2,287 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.8 mi S, blooms early Feb – late Mar
  • Almonds: about 20 acres in a typical year, nearest 0 mi , blooms early Feb – late Mar
  • Almonds: about 60 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi SW, blooms early Feb – late Mar
  • Almonds: about 16 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi W, blooms early Feb – late Mar
  • Almonds: about 234 acres in a typical year, nearest 2 mi NW, blooms early Feb – late Mar
  • Almonds: about 4 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi N, blooms early Feb – late Mar

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Almonds; extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Clovers: white, alsike and red; light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster); amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Almonds; extra light amber

Things to watch

  • Bee crops nearby that are often sprayed. Cherries, sweet: insecticides used on about 84% of surveyed US acres (2025); Cherries, tart: insecticides used on about 45% of surveyed US acres (2025). Figures are from USDA's Agricultural Chemical Use Survey, matched by crop type from the crop map. The survey counts any insecticide use in the crop year (not seed treatments) and doesn't say when; ask nearby growers about spray timing.
  • Near a FEMA high-risk flood zone. A mapped high-risk flood zone (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.