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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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Forage report for 41.9765, -112.2436

Estimated forage here is better than about 97% of sites in Utah. Against other Utah sites it stands out most in spring and summer (96th percentile) and lowest in fall (79th). Biggest nearby bee crops: alfalfa (nearest 0.1 mi N, grown 3 of the last 5 years); safflower (nearest 1.8 mi N, grown 1 of the last 5 years); chickpeas (nearest 1.2 mi SE, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, 0.53 mi NE.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 72nd percentile (spring 51st, summer 81st, fall 79th)
  • Utah: 97th percentile (spring 96th, summer 96th, fall 79th)
  • Central Basin and Range: 98th percentile (spring 95th, summer 98th, fall 66th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 16 — Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: May 1 to Aug 31 — Alfalfa, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Alfalfa: about 1,753 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi N, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 82 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi E, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 74 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi SE, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 915 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.7 mi E, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 44 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi W, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 15 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi W, blooms late Jun – late Aug

What the honey would be made of

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

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.