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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 43.8276, -115.8302

Estimated forage here is better than about 85% of sites in Idaho. Against other Idaho sites it stands out most in spring (94th percentile) and lowest in fall (30th). Nearest mapped water: pond, lake or river, 0.16 mi SW.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 70th percentile (spring 57th, summer 80th, fall 66th)
  • Idaho: 85th percentile (spring 94th, summer 69th, fall 30th)
  • Idaho Batholith: 84th percentile (spring 98th, summer 54th, fall 20th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 16 — Willows, Dandelion
  • Main flow: May 16 to Jul 31 — Snowberry, Willows, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Season ends: Oct 15

What the honey would be made of

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

Things to watch

  • No digital FEMA flood map here. FEMA has no digital flood map for this area. Ask the county, and look for low ground near creeks before placing hives.

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.