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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 40.6401, -111.2439

Estimated forage here is better than about 91% of sites in Utah. Against other Utah sites it stands out most in summer (94th percentile) and lowest in fall (65th). Biggest nearby bee crops: alfalfa (nearest 1.2 mi W, grown 3 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.18 mi SE.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 58th percentile (spring 36th, summer 79th, fall 71st)
  • Utah: 91st percentile (spring 86th, summer 94th, fall 65th)
  • Wasatch and Uinta Mountains: 86th percentile (spring 84th, summer 89th, fall 50th)

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, Spring-flowering shrubs, Dandelion
  • Main flow: May 16 to Aug 15 — Summer-flowering shrubs, Spring-flowering shrubs, Snowberry
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Alfalfa: about 13 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.7 mi SW, blooms late Jul – early Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 4 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi W, blooms late Jul – early Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 9 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.9 mi NW, blooms late Jul – early Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 62 acres in a typical year, nearest 3.1 mi S, blooms late Jul – early Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 46 acres in a typical year, nearest 3 mi SW, blooms late Jul – early Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 71 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.9 mi NW, blooms late Jul – early Sep

What the honey would be made of

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