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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 37.2005, -105.4213

Estimated forage here is better than about 89% of sites in Colorado. Against other Colorado sites it stands out most in fall (94th percentile) and lowest in spring (73rd). Biggest nearby bee crops: alfalfa (nearest 0.1 mi S, grown 3 of the last 5 years); sorghum (nearest 1.2 mi E, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, 0.21 mi E.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 64th percentile (spring 45th, summer 75th, fall 96th)
  • Colorado: 89th percentile (spring 73rd, summer 80th, fall 94th)
  • Arizona/New Mexico Plateau: 98th percentile (spring 90th, summer 98th, fall 98th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Apr 1 — Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: Apr 16 to Sep 15 — Alfalfa, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Fall flow: Oct 1 to Oct 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Green/yellow rabbitbrush
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Alfalfa: about 427 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi W, blooms early Jul – early Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 413 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi S, blooms early Jul – early Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 32 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi SE, blooms early Jul – early Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 24 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi S, blooms early Jul – early Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 13 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi S, blooms early Jul – early Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 119 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.4 mi N, blooms early Jul – early Sep

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Native wildflowers, Weedy mustards; light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Alfalfa, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Native wildflowers, Spotted and diffuse knapweed; white
  • Fall honey (September to November): Alfalfa, Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Green/yellow rabbitbrush; extra light amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Alfalfa, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Native wildflowers; 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.