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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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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 41.9695, -111.8845

Estimated forage here is better than about 99% of sites in Utah. Against other Utah sites it stands out most in summer (100th percentile) and lowest in spring (12th). Biggest nearby bee crops: alfalfa (nearest 0.1 mi NW, grown 1 of the last 5 years); corn (right here). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 77th percentile (spring 5th, summer 88th, fall 95th)
  • Utah: 99th percentile (spring 12th, summer 100th, fall 97th)
  • Central Basin and Range: 99th percentile (spring 16th, summer 100th, fall 95th)

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

Season

  • First forage: May 1 — Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: Jul 1 to Sep 15 — Alfalfa
  • Season ends: Sep 30

Bee crops nearby

  • Alfalfa: about 8,750 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi NW, blooms early Jul – late Aug
  • Corn: about 418 acres in a typical year, nearest 0 mi , blooms late Jul – early Sep
  • Corn: about 534 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi NW, blooms late Jul – early Sep
  • Corn: about 253 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi E, blooms late Jul – early Sep
  • Corn: about 471 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi W, blooms late Jul – early Sep
  • Corn: about 442 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi NE, blooms late Jul – early Sep

What the honey would be made of

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

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.