Bee forage check

How good is this spot for honey bees?

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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 39.7186, -111.1635

Estimated forage here is better than about 88% of sites in Utah. Against other Utah sites it stands out most in fall (92nd percentile) and lowest in spring (70th). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, less than 0.1 mi away. 1 thing to watch (below).

Ranking

Continental US: 52nd percentile (spring 23rd, summer 77th, fall 90th)
Utah: 88th percentile (spring 70th, summer 91st, fall 92nd)
Wasatch and Uinta Mountains: 79th percentile (spring 64th, summer 80th, fall 89th)

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

Season

First forage: Apr 1 — Willows, Dandelion
Main flow: Jun 1 to Aug 31 — Snowberry, Native wildflowers, Clovers: white, alsike and red
Fall flow: Sep 16 to Sep 30 — Snowberry, Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Native wildflowers
Season ends: Oct 31

What the honey would be made of

Spring honey (March to June): Native wildflowers, Dandelion, Willows, Clovers: white, alsike and red; amber
Summer honey (July and August): Snowberry, Native wildflowers, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Summer-flowering shrubs; extra light amber
Fall honey (September to November): Snowberry, Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Native wildflowers, Green/yellow rabbitbrush; light amber
Whole season (March to November): Snowberry, Native wildflowers, Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red; light amber

Things to watch

Near a FEMA high-risk flood zone. A mapped high-risk flood zone (A) is within about 300 m. Check FEMA's map for the exact spot.

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.