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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 38.4364, -112.2618

Estimated forage here is better than about 71% of sites in Utah. Against other Utah sites it stands out most in spring (82nd percentile) and lowest in summer (65th). Biggest nearby bee crops: alfalfa (nearest 0.2 mi W, grown 3 of the last 5 years); sorghum (nearest 1.7 mi SE, grown 1 of the last 5 years); millet (nearest 1.7 mi SE, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.13 mi SW.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 22nd percentile (spring 32nd, summer 46th, fall 79th)
  • Utah: 71st percentile (spring 82nd, summer 65th, fall 79th)
  • Wasatch and Uinta Mountains: 39th percentile (spring 79th, summer 24th, fall 71st)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 16 — Dandelion, Weedy mustards, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar)
  • Main flow: May 1 to Sep 15 — Alfalfa, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Native wildflowers
  • Fall flow: Oct 1 to Oct 31 — Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush, Spotted and diffuse knapweed
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Alfalfa: about 77 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi SE, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 31 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi SE, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 101 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi E, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 144 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.6 mi SE, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 6 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi W, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 12 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi E, blooms late Jun – late Aug

What the honey would be made of

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