Bee forage check

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 38.1619, -119.3414

Estimated forage here is better than about 30% of sites in California. Against other California sites it stands out most in summer (85th percentile) and lowest in spring (15th). Nearest mapped water: pond, lake or river, less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

Continental US: 17th percentile (spring 11th, summer 59th, fall 46th)
California: 30th percentile (spring 15th, summer 85th, fall 81st)
Sierra Nevada: 27th percentile (spring 23rd, summer 67th, fall 81st)

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

Season

First forage: Apr 16 — Spring-flowering shrubs, Dandelion, Native wildflowers
Main flow: Jun 1 to Jul 31 — Spring-flowering shrubs, Summer-flowering shrubs
Season ends: Oct 31

What the honey would be made of

Spring honey (March to June): Spring-flowering shrubs, Dandelion, Native wildflowers, Clovers: white, alsike and red; light amber
Summer honey (July and August): Summer-flowering shrubs, Spring-flowering shrubs, Snowberry, Native wildflowers; light amber
Fall honey (September to November): Summer-flowering shrubs, Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Snowberry, Clovers: white, alsike and red; light amber
Whole season (March to November): Spring-flowering shrubs, Summer-flowering shrubs, Snowberry, 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.