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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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Forage report for 40.5436, -111.3859

Estimated forage here is better than about 78% of sites in Utah. Against other Utah sites it stands out most in summer (80th percentile) and lowest in fall (57th). Biggest nearby bee crops: alfalfa (nearest 1.3 mi SW, grown 3 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: 29th percentile (spring 26th, summer 66th, fall 66th)
  • Utah: 78th percentile (spring 73rd, summer 80th, fall 57th)
  • Wasatch and Uinta Mountains: 51st percentile (spring 69th, summer 48th, fall 40th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Apr 16 — Spring-flowering shrubs, Native wildflowers, Dandelion
  • Main flow: May 16 to Aug 15 — Summer-flowering shrubs, Spring-flowering shrubs
  • Fall flow: Sep 1 to Sep 15 — Summer-flowering shrubs, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Spotted and diffuse knapweed
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Alfalfa: about 12 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.3 mi SW, blooms early Jul – early Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 23 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.9 mi SW, blooms early Jul – early Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 46 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.5 mi S, blooms early Jul – early Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 7 acres in a typical year, nearest 2 mi W, blooms early Jul – early Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 41 acres in a typical year, nearest 3 mi S, blooms early Jul – early Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 50 acres in a typical year, nearest 3 mi SE, blooms early Jul – early Sep

What the honey would be made of

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