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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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Forage report for 44.1148, -115.9761

Estimated forage here is better than about 99% of sites in Idaho. Against other Idaho sites it stands out most in spring (99th percentile) and lowest in fall (44th). Biggest nearby bee crops: alfalfa (nearest 2.8 mi N, grown 3 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.13 mi SW.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 86th percentile (spring 82nd, summer 84th, fall 74th)
  • Idaho: 99th percentile (spring 99th, summer 89th, fall 44th)
  • Idaho Batholith: 99th percentile (spring 100th, summer 84th, fall 33rd)

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

Season

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

Bee crops nearby

  • Alfalfa: about 3 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.8 mi N, blooms late Jun – late Aug

What the honey would be made of

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