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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 40.6444, -122.9291

Estimated forage here is better than about 55% of sites in California. Against other California sites it stands out most in summer (70th percentile) and lowest in spring (58th). Biggest nearby bee crops: grapes (nearest 0.7 mi E). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away. 1 thing to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 57th percentile (spring 85th, summer 43rd, fall 33rd)
  • California: 55th percentile (spring 58th, summer 70th, fall 67th)
  • Klamath Mountains/California High North Coast Range: 43rd percentile (spring 46th, summer 35th, fall 87th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 1 — Kinnikinnick, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Maples
  • Main flow: Mar 16 to Jun 15 — Spring-flowering shrubs, Summer-flowering shrubs, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Season ends: Sep 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Grapes: about 4 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi NE, blooms late May – early Jun
  • Grapes: about 1 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi E, blooms late May – early Jun
  • Grapes: about 11 acres in a typical year, nearest 3.2 mi SE, blooms late May – early Jun
  • Grapes: about 1 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.3 mi SW, blooms late May – early Jun
  • Grapes: about 3 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.7 mi NW, blooms late May – early Jun
  • Grapes: about 1 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.5 mi SW, blooms late May – early Jun

What the honey would be made of

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

Things to watch

  • Bee crops nearby that are often sprayed. Grapes (all types): insecticides used on about 58% of surveyed US acres (2021); Grapes, wine type: insecticides used on about 56% of surveyed US acres (2025); Grapes, table type: insecticides used on about 50% of surveyed US acres (2025); Grapes, raisin type: insecticides used on about 77% of surveyed US acres (2025). Figures are from USDA's Agricultural Chemical Use Survey, matched by crop type from the crop map. The survey counts any insecticide use in the crop year (not seed treatments) and doesn't say when; ask nearby growers about spray timing.

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.