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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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Forage report for 38.1044, -111.9834

Estimated forage here is better than about 82% of sites in Utah. Spring, summer and fall all rank about the same against other Utah sites. Biggest nearby bee crops: alfalfa (nearest 0.2 mi SW, grown 3 of the last 5 years); sorghum (nearest 1.3 mi E, grown 1 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 1.2 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.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 39th percentile (spring 36th, summer 64th, fall 79th)
  • Utah: 82nd percentile (spring 86th, summer 79th, fall 79th)
  • Wasatch and Uinta Mountains: 62nd percentile (spring 85th, summer 45th, fall 71st)

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

Season

  • First forage: Apr 1 — Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Arrowleaf balsamroot
  • Main flow: May 1 to Aug 31 — Alfalfa, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Native wildflowers
  • Fall flow: Sep 16 to Oct 15 — Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Alfalfa: about 203 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi SW, blooms early Jul – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 418 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi NW, blooms early Jul – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 333 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi S, blooms early Jul – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 62 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi S, blooms early Jul – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 29 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi SW, blooms early Jul – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 14 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi W, blooms early Jul – late Aug

What the honey would be made of

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