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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 40.2960, -109.9482

Estimated forage here is better than about 87% of sites in Utah. Against other Utah sites it stands out most in spring (90th percentile) and lowest in fall (78th). Biggest nearby bee crops: alfalfa (nearest 0.3 mi W); corn (nearest 1.1 mi NW, grown 2 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 49th percentile (spring 41st, summer 70th, fall 78th)
  • Utah: 87th percentile (spring 90th, summer 85th, fall 78th)
  • Colorado Plateaus: 95th percentile (spring 95th, summer 95th, fall 95th)

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, Weedy mustards
  • Main flow: Jun 16 to Aug 31 — Alfalfa, Spotted and diffuse knapweed
  • Fall flow: Sep 16 to Sep 30 — Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush, Yellow starthistle
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Alfalfa: about 488 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi W, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 155 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi NW, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 212 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.3 mi W, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 70 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi NW, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 45 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi E, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 103 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.4 mi N, blooms late Jun – late Aug

What the honey would be made of

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