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 41.8765, -115.4316

Estimated forage here is better than about 87% of sites in Nevada. Against other Nevada sites it stands out most in summer (97th percentile) and lowest in spring (22nd). 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: 23rd percentile (spring 7th, summer 65th, fall 67th)
Nevada: 87th percentile (spring 22nd, summer 97th, fall 44th)
Northern Basin and Range: 71st percentile (spring 18th, summer 88th, fall 9th)

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)
Main flow: Jun 1 to Aug 31 — Snowberry, Native wildflowers, Spring-flowering shrubs
Season ends: Oct 31

What the honey would be made of

Spring honey (March to June): Native wildflowers, Spring-flowering shrubs, Arrowleaf balsamroot, Willows; amber
Summer honey (July and August): Snowberry, Native wildflowers, Summer-flowering shrubs, Spring-flowering shrubs; light amber
Fall honey (September to November): Snowberry, Native wildflowers, Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush; dark amber
Whole season (March to November): Snowberry, Native wildflowers, Spring-flowering shrubs, Arrowleaf balsamroot; light amber

Things to watch

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