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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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Forage report for 38.5157, -111.8832

Estimated forage here is better than about 87% of sites in Utah. Spring, summer and fall all rank about the same against other Utah sites. Biggest nearby bee crops: alfalfa (nearest 0.4 mi E, grown 3 of the last 5 years); sorghum (nearest 1.1 mi S, grown 1 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 1.0 mi SE, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 51st percentile (spring 38th, summer 71st, fall 91st)
  • Utah: 87th percentile (spring 88th, summer 85th, fall 93rd)
  • Wasatch and Uinta Mountains: 78th percentile (spring 87th, summer 62nd, fall 90th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Apr 1 — Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: May 1 to Sep 15 — Alfalfa, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Fall flow: Oct 1 to Oct 15 — Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Alfalfa: about 359 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi E, blooms early Jul – early Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 159 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi S, blooms early Jul – early Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 45 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi NE, blooms early Jul – early Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 6 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi S, blooms early Jul – early Sep
  • Sorghum: about 8 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi S, blooms late Jul – late Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 260 acres in a typical year, nearest 3 mi SW, blooms early Jul – early Sep

What the honey would be made of

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