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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 41.0811, -122.7157

Estimated forage here is better than about 62% of sites in California. Against other California sites it stands out most in summer (75th percentile) and lowest in fall (46th). 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: 64th percentile (spring 89th, summer 49th, fall 23rd)
  • California: 62nd percentile (spring 62nd, summer 75th, fall 46th)
  • Klamath Mountains/California High North Coast Range: 70th percentile (spring 56th, summer 46th, fall 77th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Feb 16 — Dandelion, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Kinnikinnick
  • Main flow: Mar 16 to Jun 15 — Summer-flowering shrubs, Kinnikinnick, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Fall flow: Jul 1 to Jul 15 — Summer-flowering shrubs, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Snowberry
  • Season ends: Sep 15

What the honey would be made of

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

Things to watch

  • Near a FEMA high-risk flood zone. A mapped high-risk flood zone (AE) 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.