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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 38.2330, -114.4505

Estimated forage here is better than about 9% of sites in Nevada. Against other Nevada sites it ranks highest in summer (17th percentile) and lowest in fall (4th). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 2nd percentile (spring 4th, summer 8th, fall 27th)
  • Nevada: 9th percentile (spring 16th, summer 17th, fall 4th)
  • Central Basin and Range: 4th percentile (spring 13th, summer 7th, fall 2nd)

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

Season

  • First forage: Apr 1 — Arrowleaf balsamroot, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar)
  • Main flow: May 1 to May 31 — Chokecherry and bitter cherry, Serviceberry, Arrowleaf balsamroot
  • Fall flow: Jun 16 to Sep 15 — Snowberry, Asters
  • Season ends: Oct 31

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Snowberry, Chokecherry and bitter cherry, Serviceberry, Arrowleaf balsamroot; light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Asters, Snowberry; light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Asters; light amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Asters, Snowberry, Chokecherry and bitter cherry, Serviceberry; light 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.