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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 44.7325, -116.4369

Estimated forage here is better than about 95% of sites in Idaho. Against other Idaho sites it stands out most in spring (97th percentile) and lowest in fall (63rd). Biggest nearby bee crops: alfalfa (nearest 0.2 mi W, grown 4 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: pond, lake or river, less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 79th percentile (spring 63rd, summer 81st, fall 84th)
  • Idaho: 95th percentile (spring 97th, summer 79th, fall 63rd)
  • Snake River Plain: 92nd percentile (spring 95th, summer 81st, fall 56th)

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, Willows, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: May 1 to Aug 31 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Alfalfa, Spotted and diffuse knapweed
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Alfalfa: about 90 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi W, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 158 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi W, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 37 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi W, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 32 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi S, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 12 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi W, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 10 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi N, blooms late Jun – late Aug

What the honey would be made of

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