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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 39.6818, -110.8132

Estimated forage here is better than about 43% of sites in Utah. Against other Utah sites it stands out most in spring (67th percentile) and lowest in summer (41st). Biggest nearby bee crops: alfalfa (nearest 1.7 mi W, grown 1 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: 9th percentile (spring 22nd, summer 25th, fall 59th)
  • Utah: 43rd percentile (spring 67th, summer 41st, fall 45th)
  • Colorado Plateaus: 67th percentile (spring 75th, summer 66th, fall 70th)

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, Native wildflowers, Weedy mustards
  • Main flow: May 1 to Aug 31 — Spring-flowering shrubs, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Native wildflowers
  • Fall flow: Sep 16 to Oct 31 — Rabbitbrush, Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Alfalfa: about 60 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.8 mi SW, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 40 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.9 mi SW, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 24 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.8 mi SW, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 39 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.2 mi SW, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 44 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.3 mi SW, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 25 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.7 mi W, blooms late Jun – late Aug

What the honey would be made of

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