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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 38.3391, -122.6708

Estimated forage here is better than about 82% of sites in California. Against other California sites it stands out most in fall (80th percentile) and lowest in summer (69th). Biggest nearby bee crops: grapes (nearest 0.5 mi NE); almonds (nearest 1.5 mi S); alfalfa (nearest 1.1 mi N, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, 0.22 mi N. 2 things to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 87th percentile (spring 96th, summer 43rd, fall 45th)
  • California: 82nd percentile (spring 76th, summer 69th, fall 80th)
  • Central California Foothills and Coastal Mountains: 52nd percentile (spring 35th, summer 62nd, fall 61st)

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

Season

  • First forage: Jan 1 — Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Main flow: Feb 1 to May 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Dandelion
  • Fall flow: Jun 1 to Jul 15 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Season ends: Sep 30

Bee crops nearby

  • Grapes: about 128 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi E, blooms early Apr – early May
  • Grapes: about 71 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.4 mi E, blooms early Apr – early May
  • Grapes: about 13 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi NE, blooms early Apr – early May
  • Almonds: about 6 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.5 mi S, blooms early Feb – late Mar
  • Grapes: about 370 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.9 mi SW, blooms early Apr – early May
  • Grapes: about 3 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi W, blooms early Apr – early May

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion; extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Garden flowers, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion; light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Garden flowers, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster); amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Garden flowers; extra light amber

Things to watch

  • Heavily developed. About 69% of the land within a mile is developed. Less room for forage, and more neighbors near the hives.
  • Bee crops nearby that are often sprayed. Grapes (all types): insecticides used on about 58% of surveyed US acres (2021); Grapes, wine type: insecticides used on about 56% of surveyed US acres (2025); Grapes, table type: insecticides used on about 50% of surveyed US acres (2025); Grapes, raisin type: insecticides used on about 77% of surveyed US acres (2025). Figures are from USDA's Agricultural Chemical Use Survey, matched by crop type from the crop map. The survey counts any insecticide use in the crop year (not seed treatments) and doesn't say when; ask nearby growers about spray timing.

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.