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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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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 38.9648, -119.7665

Estimated forage here is better than about 100% of sites in Nevada. Against other Nevada sites it stands out most in spring (100th percentile) and lowest in fall (38th). Biggest nearby bee crops: alfalfa (nearest 0.5 mi NE, grown 4 of the last 5 years); apples (nearest 0.6 mi N). Nearest mapped water: open water, less than 0.1 mi away. 2 things to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 79th percentile (spring 84th, summer 75th, fall 63rd)
  • Nevada: 100th percentile (spring 100th, summer 99th, fall 38th)
  • Central Basin and Range: 99th percentile (spring 100th, summer 96th, fall 32nd)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 1 — Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: Apr 1 to Aug 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Alfalfa, Dandelion
  • Season ends: Sep 30

Bee crops nearby

  • Alfalfa: about 251 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi NE, blooms late Jun – early Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 321 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi E, blooms late Jun – early Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 271 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi NW, blooms late Jun – early Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 58 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi NE, blooms late Jun – early Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 116 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.8 mi S, blooms late Jun – early Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 34 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.4 mi E, blooms late Jun – early Aug

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Alfalfa, Maples; extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Alfalfa, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Spotted and diffuse knapweed; white
  • Fall honey (September to November): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Garden flowers, Spotted and diffuse knapweed; extra light amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Alfalfa, Garden flowers; extra light amber

Things to watch

  • Heavily developed. About 53% of the land within a mile is developed. Less room for forage, and more neighbors near the hives.
  • Bee crops nearby that are often sprayed. Apples: insecticides used on about 77% of surveyed US acres (2025). Figures are from USDA's Agricultural Chemical Use Survey, matched by crop type from the crop map. The survey counts any insecticide use in the crop year (not seed treatments) and doesn't say when; ask nearby growers about spray timing.
  • Flood map not checked. FEMA's flood map service didn't answer. Check it directly.

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.