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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 38.4346, -120.5856

Estimated forage here is better than about 64% of sites in California. Against other California sites it stands out most in spring (66th percentile) and lowest in fall (23rd). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 66th percentile (spring 93rd, summer 19th, fall 8th)
  • California: 64th percentile (spring 66th, summer 44th, fall 23rd)
  • Sierra Nevada: 87th percentile (spring 87th, summer 16th, fall 19th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Jan 16 — Dandelion, Kinnikinnick, Maples
  • Main flow: Feb 16 to May 15 — Snowberry, Kinnikinnick, Dandelion
  • Season ends: Aug 15

What the honey would be made of

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