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 41.6294, -115.8193

Estimated forage here is better than about 88% of sites in Nevada. Against other Nevada sites it stands out most in summer (92nd percentile) and lowest in spring (78th). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

Continental US: 24th percentile (spring 21st, summer 57th, fall 85th)
Nevada: 88th percentile (spring 78th, summer 92nd, fall 81st)
Central Basin and Range: 81st percentile (spring 69th, summer 86th, fall 80th)

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

Season

First forage: Apr 1 — Willows, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Weedy mustards
Main flow: May 1 to Sep 30 — Native wildflowers, Willows
Fall flow: Oct 16 to Oct 31 — Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush, Asters
Season ends: Oct 31

What the honey would be made of

Spring honey (March to June): Native wildflowers, Willows, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Arrowleaf balsamroot; amber
Summer honey (July and August): Native wildflowers, Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Snowberry, Rubber rabbitbrush; amber
Fall honey (September to November): Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush, Native wildflowers, Spotted and diffuse knapweed; dark amber
Whole season (March to November): Native wildflowers, Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Willows, Rubber rabbitbrush; dark 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.