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 37.9562, -119.1210

Estimated forage here is better than about 29% of sites in California. Against other California sites it stands out most in fall (96th percentile) and lowest in spring (28th). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

Continental US: 16th percentile (spring 28th, summer 39th, fall 71st)
California: 29th percentile (spring 28th, summer 66th, fall 96th)
Central Basin and Range: 70th percentile (spring 80th, summer 69th, fall 44th)

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
Main flow: Apr 16 to Aug 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Native wildflowers
Fall flow: Sep 1 to Oct 15 — Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush, Spotted and diffuse knapweed
Season ends: Oct 31

What the honey would be made of

Spring honey (March to June): Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Native wildflowers, Weedy mustards; light amber
Summer honey (July and August): Native wildflowers, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Snowberry; light amber
Fall honey (September to November): Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush, Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Rabbitbrush; amber
Whole season (March to November): Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Native wildflowers, Green/yellow rabbitbrush; 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.