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 40.9282, -109.4021

Estimated forage here is better than about 63% of sites in Utah. Against other Utah sites it stands out most in fall (85th percentile) and lowest in summer (58th). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.18 mi N.

Ranking

Continental US: 16th percentile (spring 23rd, summer 38th, fall 83rd)
Utah: 63rd percentile (spring 69th, summer 58th, fall 85th)
Wasatch and Uinta Mountains: 29th percentile (spring 63rd, summer 16th, fall 78th)

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

Season

First forage: Apr 1 — Dandelion, Weedy mustards
Main flow: Apr 16 to Oct 15 — Native wildflowers, 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, Weedy mustards; extra light amber
Summer honey (July and August): Native wildflowers, Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Rubber rabbitbrush; amber
Fall honey (September to November): Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush, Asters, Spotted and diffuse knapweed; amber
Whole season (March to November): Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Native wildflowers, Dandelion, 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.