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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 38.2974, -106.1427

Estimated forage here is better than about 37% of sites in Colorado. Against other Colorado sites it stands out most in summer (63rd percentile) and lowest in spring (24th). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 29th percentile (spring 13th, summer 68th, fall 73rd)
  • Colorado: 37th percentile (spring 24th, summer 63rd, fall 50th)
  • Southern Rockies: 51st percentile (spring 45th, summer 54th, fall 54th)

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
  • Main flow: Jun 1 to Aug 31 — Snowberry, Willows, Summer-flowering shrubs
  • Season ends: Oct 15

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Willows, Native wildflowers, Native wildflowers, Spring-flowering shrubs; dark amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Snowberry, Summer-flowering shrubs, Huckleberries, Willows; amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Snowberry, Summer-flowering shrubs, Huckleberries, Fireweed; extra light amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Snowberry, Willows, Summer-flowering shrubs, Huckleberries; amber

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.