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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 37.1460, -104.6209

Estimated forage here is better than about 16% of sites in Colorado. Against other Colorado sites it stands out most in spring (56th percentile) and lowest in summer (9th). Biggest nearby bee crops: alfalfa (nearest 1.8 mi SW, grown 2 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: 14th percentile (spring 37th, summer 31st, fall 56th)
  • Colorado: 16th percentile (spring 56th, summer 9th, fall 22nd)
  • Southern Rockies: 21st percentile (spring 90th, summer 7th, fall 26th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 16 — Dandelion, Native wildflowers
  • Main flow: Apr 16 to Jul 15 — Spring-flowering shrubs, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Summer-flowering shrubs
  • Fall flow: Aug 1 to Aug 31 — Rabbitbrush, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Summer-flowering shrubs
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Alfalfa: about 9 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.8 mi SW, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 12 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.4 mi SW, blooms late Jun – late Aug

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Spring-flowering shrubs, Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Native wildflowers; light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Summer-flowering shrubs, Rabbitbrush, Native wildflowers, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster); light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Rabbitbrush, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush; amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Dandelion, Spring-flowering shrubs, Summer-flowering shrubs, Clovers: white, alsike and red; 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.