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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 37.1730, -105.9864

Estimated forage here is better than about 100% of sites in Colorado. Against other Colorado sites it stands out most in summer and fall (100th percentile) and lowest in spring (53rd). Biggest nearby bee crops: alfalfa (nearest 0.2 mi NW); canola (nearest 0.4 mi NE, grown 1 of the last 5 years); peas (nearest 0.2 mi W, 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: 89th percentile (spring 36th, summer 89th, fall 100th)
  • Colorado: 100th percentile (spring 53rd, summer 100th, fall 100th)
  • Arizona/New Mexico Plateau: 100th percentile (spring 80th, summer 100th, fall 100th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Apr 16 — Dandelion, Weedy mustards, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: Jul 1 to Sep 15 — Alfalfa
  • Season ends: Oct 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Alfalfa: about 3,206 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi NW, blooms early Jul – early Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 4,870 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi E, blooms early Jul – early Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 521 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi SE, blooms early Jul – early Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 179 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi NE, blooms early Jul – early Sep
  • Canola: about 10 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi NE, blooms late Jun – early Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 113 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi S, blooms early Jul – early Sep

What the honey would be made of

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

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.