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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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Forage report for 41.6924, -112.0882

Estimated forage here is better than about 88% of sites in Utah. Against other Utah sites it stands out most in summer (95th percentile) and lowest in fall (51st). Biggest nearby bee crops: alfalfa (right here, grown 4 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.1 mi S). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 52nd percentile (spring 24th, summer 79th, fall 62nd)
  • Utah: 88th percentile (spring 71st, summer 95th, fall 51st)
  • Central Basin and Range: 93rd percentile (spring 74th, summer 98th, fall 31st)

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, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: Jul 1 to Aug 31 — Alfalfa
  • Season ends: Oct 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Alfalfa: about 2,766 acres in a typical year, nearest 0 mi W, blooms early Jul – late Aug
  • Corn: about 25 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi S, blooms late Jul – early Sep
  • Corn: about 293 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.3 mi W, blooms late Jul – early Sep
  • Corn: about 29 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi NW, blooms late Jul – early Sep
  • Corn: about 13 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi E, blooms late Jul – early Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 45 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi SW, blooms early Jul – late Aug

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Alfalfa, Spring-flowering shrubs; extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Alfalfa; white
  • Fall honey (September to November): Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Asters; light amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Alfalfa, Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Summer-flowering shrubs; white

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.