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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 39.3748, -112.3380

Estimated forage here is better than about 99% of sites in Utah. Against other Utah sites it stands out most in spring (99th percentile) and lowest in fall (87th). Biggest nearby bee crops: alfalfa (nearest 0.1 mi NE, grown 2 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.8 mi NW, grown 1 of the last 5 years); sorghum (nearest 0.8 mi W, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: open water, 0.11 mi E.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 78th percentile (spring 68th, summer 79th, fall 85th)
  • Utah: 99th percentile (spring 99th, summer 94th, fall 87th)
  • Central Basin and Range: 99th percentile (spring 99th, summer 97th, fall 80th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 1 — Dandelion, Weedy mustards
  • Main flow: Apr 1 to Aug 31 — Alfalfa, Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Fall flow: Sep 16 to Sep 30 — Yellow starthistle, Spotted and diffuse knapweed
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Alfalfa: about 297 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi NW, blooms late Jun – early Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 81 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi SW, blooms late Jun – early Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 125 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi W, blooms late Jun – early Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 438 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.4 mi N, blooms late Jun – early Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 15 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi NE, blooms late Jun – early Aug
  • Corn: about 51 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.4 mi N, blooms early Jul – late Aug

What the honey would be made of

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