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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 40.6730, -121.4123

Estimated forage here is better than about 68% of sites in California. Against other California sites it stands out most in summer (97th percentile) and lowest in spring (49th). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, 0.72 mi W.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 71st percentile (spring 74th, summer 74th, fall 52nd)
  • California: 68th percentile (spring 49th, summer 97th, fall 86th)
  • Cascades: 38th percentile (spring 51st, summer 39th, 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 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Kinnikinnick, Spring-flowering shrubs
  • Main flow: May 1 to Jul 15 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Spring-flowering shrubs, Summer-flowering shrubs
  • Season ends: Sep 30

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Spring-flowering shrubs, Summer-flowering shrubs, Kinnikinnick; light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Summer-flowering shrubs, Snowberry, Huckleberries; extra light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Clovers: white, alsike and red; extra light amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Spring-flowering shrubs, Summer-flowering shrubs, Kinnikinnick; extra 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.