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 38.0808, -117.2266

Estimated forage here is better than about 59% of sites in Nevada. Against other Nevada sites it stands out most in spring (84th percentile) and lowest in fall (39th). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.11 mi S.

Ranking

Continental US: 11th percentile (spring 26th, summer 26th, fall 63rd)
Nevada: 59th percentile (spring 84th, summer 53rd, fall 39th)
Central Basin and Range: 51st percentile (spring 76th, summer 48th, fall 33rd)

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

Season

First forage: Mar 16 — Dandelion, Native wildflowers, Clovers: white, alsike and red
Main flow: Apr 1 to Sep 30 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Rabbitbrush
Fall flow: Oct 16 to Oct 31 — Rabbitbrush, Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush
Season ends: Oct 31

What the honey would be made of

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