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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 37.3706, -102.8599

Estimated forage here is better than about 81% of sites in Colorado. Against other Colorado sites it stands out most in spring (98th percentile) and lowest in summer (44th). Biggest nearby bee crops: sorghum (nearest 0.2 mi E, grown 1 of the last 5 years); millet (nearest 0.6 mi SE, grown 1 of the last 5 years); sunflower (nearest 1.9 mi N, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: open water, 0.49 mi SE.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 54th percentile (spring 65th, summer 58th, fall 77th)
  • Colorado: 81st percentile (spring 98th, summer 44th, fall 56th)
  • High Plains: 75th percentile (spring 89th, summer 35th, fall 74th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 1 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Dandelion, Native wildflowers
  • Main flow: Mar 16 to Aug 15 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Fall flow: Sep 1 to Sep 15 — Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Sorghum: about 251 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.3 mi N, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Sorghum: about 116 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.3 mi S, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Sorghum: about 157 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.5 mi E, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Sorghum: about 10 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.2 mi E, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Sorghum: about 58 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.4 mi S, blooms late Jun – late Jul
  • Millet: about 7 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi SE, blooms late Jun – late Jul

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Native wildflowers; extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Native wildflowers, Clovers: white, alsike and red; light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard); amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Dandelion, 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.