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 40.6917, -120.7363

Estimated forage here is better than about 24% of sites in California. Against other California sites it stands out most in fall (87th percentile) and lowest in spring (26th). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.1 mi W. 1 thing to watch (below).

Ranking

Continental US: 11th percentile (spring 22nd, summer 33rd, fall 53rd)
California: 24th percentile (spring 26th, summer 58th, fall 87th)
Eastern Cascades Slopes and Foothills: 8th percentile (spring 30th, summer 6th, fall 31st)

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

Season

First forage: Apr 1 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Dandelion, Arrowleaf balsamroot
Main flow: Apr 16 to Aug 15 — Native wildflowers, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Snowberry
Fall flow: Sep 1 to Sep 15 — Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Snowberry, Rubber rabbitbrush
Season ends: Oct 31

What the honey would be made of

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

Things to watch

Near a FEMA high-risk flood zone. A mapped high-risk flood zone (A) is within about 300 m. Check FEMA's map for the exact spot.

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.