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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 39.4815, -111.4908

Estimated forage here is better than about 98% of sites in Utah. Against other Utah sites it stands out most in spring (98th percentile) and lowest in fall (80th). Biggest nearby bee crops: alfalfa (nearest 0.3 mi N, grown 3 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: 74th percentile (spring 61st, summer 79th, fall 80th)
  • Utah: 98th percentile (spring 98th, summer 94th, fall 80th)
  • Wasatch and Uinta Mountains: 99th percentile (spring 100th, summer 89th, fall 72nd)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 16 — Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: Apr 16 to Aug 31 — Alfalfa, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Alfalfa: about 950 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi NW, blooms early Jul – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 355 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi SW, blooms early Jul – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 1,127 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.5 mi W, blooms early Jul – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 53 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi N, blooms early Jul – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 41 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi SW, blooms early Jul – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 59 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi S, blooms early Jul – late Aug

What the honey would be made of

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