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 41.2841, -123.8173

Estimated forage here is better than about 55% of sites in California. Against other California sites it stands out most in spring (66th percentile) and lowest in fall (6th). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

Continental US: 56th percentile (spring 93rd, summer 16th, fall 1st)
California: 55th percentile (spring 66th, summer 38th, fall 6th)
Klamath Mountains/California High North Coast Range: 41st percentile (spring 69th, summer 3rd, fall 7th)

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

Season

First forage: Jan 16 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Maples, Dandelion
Main flow: Mar 16 to Jun 15 — Summer-flowering shrubs, Huckleberries
Season ends: Jul 15

What the honey would be made of

Spring honey (March to June): Summer-flowering shrubs, Huckleberries, Maples, Himalayan blackberry; light amber
Summer honey (July and August): Summer-flowering shrubs, Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Snowberry; light amber
Fall honey (September to November): Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Garden flowers; amber
Whole season (March to November): Summer-flowering shrubs, Huckleberries, Maples, Himalayan blackberry; 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.