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Forage report for 47.7653, -117.0137

Estimated forage here is better than about 96% of sites in Idaho. Against other Idaho sites it stands out most in spring (98th percentile) and lowest in fall (40th). Biggest nearby bee crops: alfalfa (nearest 1.2 mi SE, grown 3 of the last 5 years); canola (nearest 2.5 mi S, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 80th percentile (spring 70th, summer 82nd, fall 73rd)
  • Idaho: 96th percentile (spring 98th, summer 81st, fall 40th)
  • Northern Rockies: 83rd percentile (spring 94th, summer 48th, fall 82nd)

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
  • Main flow: May 1 to Jul 31 — Snowberry, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Fall flow: Aug 16 to Aug 31 — Snowberry, Alfalfa, Spotted and diffuse knapweed
  • Season ends: Oct 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Alfalfa: about 203 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi SE, blooms late Jun – early Oct
  • Alfalfa: about 51 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.6 mi S, blooms late Jun – early Oct
  • Alfalfa: about 87 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.9 mi S, blooms late Jun – early Oct
  • Alfalfa: about 73 acres in a typical year, nearest 2 mi S, blooms late Jun – early Oct
  • Alfalfa: about 42 acres in a typical year, nearest 2 mi NE, blooms late Jun – early Oct
  • Alfalfa: about 30 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.8 mi N, blooms late Jun – early Oct

What the honey would be made of

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

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.