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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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Forage report for 44.5042, -114.2271

Estimated forage here is better than about 77% of sites in Idaho. Against other Idaho sites it stands out most in spring (89th percentile) and lowest in summer (54th). Biggest nearby bee crops: alfalfa (nearest 0.6 mi S, grown 2 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.17 mi N.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 65th percentile (spring 51st, summer 76th, fall 91st)
  • Idaho: 77th percentile (spring 89th, summer 54th, fall 76th)
  • Middle Rockies: 93rd percentile (spring 98th, summer 86th, fall 64th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 16 — Dandelion
  • Main flow: Apr 16 to Sep 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Alfalfa, Dandelion
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Alfalfa: about 1,510 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi N, blooms early Jul – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 2,189 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.1 mi SE, blooms early Jul – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 281 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.5 mi E, blooms early Jul – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 106 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi SE, blooms early Jul – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 25 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi E, blooms early Jul – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 46 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.3 mi NE, blooms early Jul – late Aug

What the honey would be made of

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