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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 38.9553, -119.1118

Estimated forage here is better than about 87% of sites in Nevada. Against other Nevada sites it stands out most in summer (92nd percentile) and lowest in fall (68th). Biggest nearby bee crops: alfalfa (nearest 0.8 mi SW); canola (nearest 1.9 mi NW, grown 1 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 2.0 mi NW, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 23rd percentile (spring 21st, summer 56th, fall 79th)
  • Nevada: 87th percentile (spring 77th, summer 92nd, fall 68th)
  • Central Basin and Range: 80th percentile (spring 68th, summer 86th, fall 66th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 16 — Weedy mustards, Dandelion, Native wildflowers
  • Main flow: Jun 16 to Aug 15 — Alfalfa, Spotted and diffuse knapweed
  • Fall flow: Sep 1 to Oct 15 — Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush, Spotted and diffuse knapweed
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Alfalfa: about 5,073 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi SW, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 421 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.9 mi N, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 558 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.8 mi W, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 6 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi W, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Canola: about 1 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.9 mi NW, blooms early Apr – late Jun
  • Corn: about 10 acres in a typical year, nearest 2 mi NW, blooms late Jun – late Aug

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Alfalfa, Weedy mustards, Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Native wildflowers; white
  • Summer honey (July and August): Alfalfa, Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush; 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, Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Weedy mustards, Green/yellow rabbitbrush; 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.