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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 39.5635, -119.1894

Estimated forage here is better than about 76% of sites in Nevada. Against other Nevada sites it stands out most in spring (87th percentile) and lowest in fall (46th). Biggest nearby bee crops: alfalfa (nearest 1.2 mi N, grown 4 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: 16th percentile (spring 29th, summer 38th, fall 69th)
  • Nevada: 76th percentile (spring 87th, summer 73rd, fall 46th)
  • Central Basin and Range: 69th percentile (spring 81st, summer 66th, fall 42nd)

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

Season

  • First forage: Feb 16 — Weedy mustards, Dandelion
  • Main flow: Apr 1 to Sep 15 — Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Weedy mustards, Yellow starthistle
  • Fall flow: Oct 1 to Oct 15 — Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Alfalfa: about 46 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi N, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 61 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.9 mi NE, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 35 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.7 mi NE, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 46 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.9 mi NW, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 28 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.8 mi NW, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 11 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.5 mi N, blooms early Jun – early Aug

What the honey would be made of

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