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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 38.9385, -111.8670

Estimated forage here is better than about 88% of sites in Utah. Against other Utah sites it stands out most in spring (94th percentile) and lowest in fall (76th). Biggest nearby bee crops: alfalfa (right here, grown 4 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 1.4 mi W, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.38 mi NW.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 51st percentile (spring 46th, summer 69th, fall 77th)
  • Utah: 88th percentile (spring 94th, summer 84th, fall 76th)
  • Central Basin and Range: 93rd percentile (spring 94th, summer 94th, fall 61st)

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
  • Main flow: Apr 16 to Aug 31 — Alfalfa, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Fall flow: Sep 16 to Sep 30 — Yellow starthistle, Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Alfalfa: about 3,150 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.3 mi W, blooms late Jun – early Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 36 acres in a typical year, nearest 0 mi S, blooms late Jun – early Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 32 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi NW, blooms late Jun – early Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 82 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi NW, blooms late Jun – early Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 830 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.7 mi N, blooms late Jun – early Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 291 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.7 mi N, blooms late Jun – early Aug

What the honey would be made of

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