Bee forage check

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 41.2435, -116.7983

Estimated forage here is better than about 86% of sites in Nevada. Spring, summer and fall all rank about the same against other Nevada sites. Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

Continental US: 22nd percentile (spring 22nd, summer 49th, fall 89th)
Nevada: 86th percentile (spring 79th, summer 87th, fall 88th)
Northern Basin and Range: 69th percentile (spring 68th, summer 68th, fall 77th)

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

Season

First forage: Apr 16 — Arrowleaf balsamroot, Native wildflowers, Weedy mustards
Main flow: May 16 to Sep 15 — Native wildflowers, Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Snowberry
Fall flow: Oct 1 to Oct 31 — Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush, Spotted and diffuse knapweed
Season ends: Nov 15

What the honey would be made of

Spring honey (March to June): Native wildflowers, Arrowleaf balsamroot, Weedy mustards, Dandelion; extra light amber
Summer honey (July and August): Native wildflowers, Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Snowberry, Green/yellow rabbitbrush; light amber
Fall honey (September to November): Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush, Native wildflowers; amber
Whole season (March to November): Native wildflowers, Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Arrowleaf balsamroot; 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.