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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 38.6982, -119.5403

Estimated forage here is better than about 85% of sites in Nevada. Against other Nevada sites it stands out most in spring (96th percentile) and lowest in fall (43rd). Biggest nearby bee crops: alfalfa (nearest 1.8 mi N, grown 3 of the last 5 years); grapes (nearest 3.5 mi S). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 21st percentile (spring 44th, summer 37th, fall 66th)
  • Nevada: 85th percentile (spring 96th, summer 72nd, fall 43rd)
  • Central Basin and Range: 77th percentile (spring 93rd, summer 66th, fall 37th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 16 — Dandelion, Maples, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: Apr 1 to Jul 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Native wildflowers
  • Fall flow: Aug 1 to Sep 30 — Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush, Spotted and diffuse knapweed
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Alfalfa: about 312 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.2 mi NE, blooms late Jun – early Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 220 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.8 mi S, blooms late Jun – early Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 15 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.8 mi N, blooms late Jun – early Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 78 acres in a typical year, nearest 3.2 mi SE, blooms late Jun – early Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 51 acres in a typical year, nearest 3.1 mi E, blooms late Jun – early Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 26 acres in a typical year, nearest 3.2 mi E, blooms late Jun – early Aug

What the honey would be made of

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