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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 43.3526, -114.1673

Estimated forage here is better than about 55% of sites in Idaho. Against other Idaho sites it stands out most in spring (63rd percentile) and lowest in fall (38th). Biggest nearby bee crops: alfalfa (nearest 0.1 mi S, grown 1 of the last 5 years); dry beans (nearest 0.7 mi SE, grown 1 of the last 5 years); mustard (nearest 1.2 mi SE, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 51st percentile (spring 30th, summer 77th, fall 71st)
  • Idaho: 55th percentile (spring 63rd, summer 57th, fall 38th)
  • Snake River Plain: 59th percentile (spring 53rd, summer 68th, fall 28th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Apr 1 — Willows, Dandelion, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar)
  • Main flow: Jul 1 to Aug 31 — Alfalfa
  • Season ends: Oct 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Alfalfa: about 4,786 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi W, blooms early Jul – early Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 435 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi E, blooms early Jul – early Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 155 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi S, blooms early Jul – early Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 36 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi N, blooms early Jul – early Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 26 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi NE, blooms early Jul – early Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 58 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi S, blooms early Jul – early Sep

What the honey would be made of

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