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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 43.6827, -114.3355

Estimated forage here is better than about 78% of sites in Idaho. Against other Idaho sites it stands out most in fall (85th percentile) and lowest in summer (66th). Biggest nearby bee crops: alfalfa (nearest 0.6 mi SE, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.11 mi E.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 65th percentile (spring 38th, summer 79th, fall 95th)
  • Idaho: 78th percentile (spring 72nd, summer 66th, fall 85th)
  • Idaho Batholith: 75th percentile (spring 83rd, summer 50th, fall 70th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Apr 1 — Dandelion, Willows
  • Main flow: May 16 to Aug 31 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Native wildflowers
  • Fall flow: Sep 16 to Sep 30 — Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Spotted and diffuse knapweed
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Alfalfa: about 2 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi SE, blooms late Jul – early Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 4 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi SE, blooms late Jul – early Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 2 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi SE, blooms late Jul – early Sep

What the honey would be made of

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