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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 39.3250, -120.3802

Estimated forage here is better than about 36% of sites in California. Against other California sites it stands out most in summer and fall (93rd percentile) and lowest in spring (25th). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 27th percentile (spring 20th, summer 67th, fall 62nd)
  • California: 36th percentile (spring 25th, summer 93rd, fall 93rd)
  • Sierra Nevada: 40th percentile (spring 29th, summer 84th, fall 95th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Apr 16 — Dandelion, Kinnikinnick, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar)
  • Main flow: May 16 to Aug 15 — Kinnikinnick, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Season ends: Oct 31

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Dandelion, Kinnikinnick, Spring-flowering shrubs, Clovers: white, alsike and red; light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Summer-flowering shrubs, Snowberry, Kinnikinnick; extra light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Snowberry; light amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Dandelion, Kinnikinnick, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Spring-flowering shrubs; light amber

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.