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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 40.5394, -111.4755

Estimated forage here is better than about 99% of sites in Utah. Against other Utah sites it stands out most in spring and summer (98th percentile) and lowest in fall (86th). Biggest nearby bee crops: alfalfa (right here, grown 3 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.48 mi SE.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 81st percentile (spring 62nd, summer 84th, fall 84th)
  • Utah: 99th percentile (spring 98th, summer 98th, fall 86th)
  • Wasatch and Uinta Mountains: 100th percentile (spring 100th, summer 99th, fall 80th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Apr 1 — Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: May 1 to Aug 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Summer-flowering shrubs, Dandelion
  • Fall flow: Sep 1 to Sep 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Summer-flowering shrubs, Dandelion
  • Season ends: Oct 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Alfalfa: about 42 acres in a typical year, nearest 0 mi , blooms early Jul – early Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 85 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi SE, blooms early Jul – early Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 24 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi E, blooms early Jul – early Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 3 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi SE, blooms early Jul – early Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 7 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi SE, blooms early Jul – early Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 10 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.4 mi SW, blooms early Jul – early Sep

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Spring-flowering shrubs, Summer-flowering shrubs; light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Summer-flowering shrubs, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Alfalfa, Dandelion; extra light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Summer-flowering shrubs; extra light amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Summer-flowering shrubs, Alfalfa; 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.