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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 36.9994, -108.7936

Estimated forage here is better than about 0% of sites in Colorado. Spring, summer and fall all rank about the same against other Colorado sites. Expect a dearth in early Apr. Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.11 mi E.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 1st percentile (spring 5th, summer 4th, fall 14th)
  • Colorado: 0th percentile (spring 9th, summer 0th, fall 0th)
  • Colorado Plateaus: 6th percentile (spring 8th, summer 13th, fall 5th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Feb 1 — Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Weedy mustards
  • Main flow: Mar 16 to Jul 15 — Native wildflowers, Spring-flowering shrubs
  • Dearth: Apr 1 to Apr 15
  • Dearth: May 16 to May 31
  • Dearth: Jun 16 to Jun 30
  • Fall flow: Aug 1 to Sep 15 — Rabbitbrush, Yellow starthistle, Spotted and diffuse knapweed
  • Season ends: Oct 31

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Native wildflowers, Spring-flowering shrubs, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Weedy mustards; light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Yellow starthistle, Rabbitbrush, Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Native wildflowers; light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Rabbitbrush, Yellow starthistle, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Spotted and diffuse knapweed; dark amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Native wildflowers, Rabbitbrush, Yellow starthistle, Spotted and diffuse knapweed; 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.