Bee forage check

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Forage report for 37.6900, -108.0302

Estimated forage here is better than about 86% of sites in Colorado. Against other Colorado sites it stands out most in summer (91st percentile) and lowest in spring (39th). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.15 mi S.

Ranking

Continental US: 61st percentile (spring 25th, summer 80th, fall 88th)
Colorado: 86th percentile (spring 39th, summer 91st, fall 82nd)
Southern Rockies: 88th percentile (spring 68th, summer 89th, fall 78th)

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

Season

First forage: Apr 16 — Willows, Dandelion
Main flow: Jun 1 to Aug 31 — Snowberry, Huckleberries, Willows
Season ends: Oct 31

What the honey would be made of

Spring honey (March to June): Willows, Dandelion, Huckleberries, Clovers: white, alsike and red; amber
Summer honey (July and August): Snowberry, Huckleberries, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Native wildflowers; light amber
Fall honey (September to November): Snowberry, Huckleberries, Native wildflowers, Spotted and diffuse knapweed; extra light amber
Whole season (March to November): Snowberry, Willows, Huckleberries, Dandelion; amber

Things to watch

No digital FEMA flood map here. FEMA has no digital flood map for this area. Ask the county, and look for low ground near creeks before placing hives.

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.