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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 38.0314, -119.1481

Estimated forage here is better than about 28% of sites in California. Against other California sites it stands out most in fall (98th percentile) and lowest in spring (26th). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.28 mi SW.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 15th percentile (spring 22nd, summer 36th, fall 80th)
  • California: 28th percentile (spring 26th, summer 62nd, fall 98th)
  • Central Basin and Range: 67th percentile (spring 71st, summer 64th, fall 69th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 16 — Weedy mustards, Dandelion, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar)
  • Main flow: Apr 16 to Oct 15 — Native wildflowers, Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush
  • Season ends: Oct 31

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Native wildflowers, Weedy mustards, Dandelion, Arrowleaf balsamroot; extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Native wildflowers, Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush, Spotted and diffuse knapweed; amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush, Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Rabbitbrush; dark amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Native wildflowers, Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush, Weedy mustards; 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.