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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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Forage report for 38.4556, -110.9440

Estimated forage here is better than about 0% of sites in Utah. Spring, summer and fall all rank about the same against other Utah sites. Expect a dearth from early Apr to late Jun. Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 0th percentile (spring 0th, summer 0th, fall 2nd)
  • Utah: 0th percentile (spring 1st, summer 0th, fall 0th)
  • Colorado Plateaus: 0th percentile (spring 0th, summer 0th, fall 0th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 1 — Native wildflowers
  • Main flow: Apr 1 to Jul 15 — Native wildflowers, Spring-flowering shrubs
  • Dearth: Apr 1 to Jun 30
  • Fall flow: Aug 1 to Oct 15 — Rabbitbrush, Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush
  • Season ends: Oct 31

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Native wildflowers, Spring-flowering shrubs, Summer-flowering shrubs; light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Rabbitbrush, Native wildflowers, Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Green/yellow rabbitbrush; amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Rabbitbrush, Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush, Asters; dark amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Native wildflowers, Rabbitbrush, Spring-flowering shrubs, Green/yellow rabbitbrush; amber

Things to watch

  • No digital FEMA flood map here. FEMA has no digital flood map for this area. Ask the county, and look for low ground near creeks before placing hives.

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.