Bee forage check

How good is this spot for honey bees?

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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 40.6565, -120.7855

Estimated forage here is better than about 35% of sites in California. Against other California sites it stands out most in fall (97th percentile) and lowest in spring (32nd). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, 0.34 mi W.

Ranking

Continental US: 26th percentile (spring 37th, summer 52nd, fall 73rd)
California: 35th percentile (spring 32nd, summer 77th, fall 97th)
Eastern Cascades Slopes and Foothills: 41st percentile (spring 59th, summer 28th, fall 80th)

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

Season

First forage: Apr 1 — Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red
Main flow: Apr 16 to Aug 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Native wildflowers
Fall flow: Sep 1 to Sep 15 — Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Clovers: white, alsike and red
Season ends: Oct 31

What the honey would be made of

Spring honey (March to June): Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Native wildflowers, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar); light amber
Summer honey (July and August): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Native wildflowers, Snowberry; extra light amber
Fall honey (September to November): Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush, Clovers: white, alsike and red; amber
Whole season (March to November): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Native wildflowers, Spotted and diffuse knapweed; 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.