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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 39.9359, -121.2952

Estimated forage here is better than about 76% of sites in California. Against other California sites it stands out most in spring (86th percentile) and lowest in fall (25th). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.12 mi NW.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 80th percentile (spring 98th, summer 40th, fall 9th)
  • California: 76th percentile (spring 86th, summer 67th, fall 25th)
  • Sierra Nevada: 96th percentile (spring 99th, summer 40th, fall 20th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Feb 16 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Main flow: Apr 1 to May 31 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Spring-flowering shrubs
  • Season ends: Aug 31

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Spring-flowering shrubs, Summer-flowering shrubs, Snowberry; extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Summer-flowering shrubs, Snowberry, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster); extra light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster); amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Spring-flowering shrubs, Summer-flowering shrubs, Snowberry; extra light amber

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.