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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 39.0640, -119.7184

Estimated forage here is better than about 68% of sites in Nevada. Against other Nevada sites it stands out most in spring (84th percentile) and lowest in summer (60th). Biggest nearby bee crops: alfalfa (nearest 2.3 mi NW, grown 3 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.43 mi NW.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 13th percentile (spring 26th, summer 30th, fall 77th)
  • Nevada: 68th percentile (spring 84th, summer 60th, fall 61st)
  • Central Basin and Range: 62nd percentile (spring 77th, summer 54th, fall 59th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 1 — Weedy mustards, Dandelion
  • Main flow: Apr 1 to Oct 31 — Native wildflowers, Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Alfalfa: about 50 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.3 mi NW, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 7 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.3 mi NW, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 6 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.8 mi N, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 6 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.9 mi S, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 2 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.4 mi W, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 10 acres in a typical year, nearest 3.2 mi S, blooms late Jun – late Aug

What the honey would be made of

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