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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 38.3555, -105.8139

Estimated forage here is better than about 21% of sites in Colorado. Against other Colorado sites it ranks highest in spring (40th percentile) and lowest in fall (6th). Biggest nearby bee crops: alfalfa (nearest 2.3 mi E, grown 4 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.31 mi W.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 18th percentile (spring 26th, summer 55th, fall 38th)
  • Colorado: 21st percentile (spring 40th, summer 39th, fall 6th)
  • Southern Rockies: 29th percentile (spring 70th, summer 29th, fall 12th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 16 — Willows
  • Main flow: May 16 to Jul 31 — Summer-flowering shrubs, Spring-flowering shrubs, Snowberry
  • Season ends: Oct 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Alfalfa: about 51 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.3 mi E, blooms early Jul – late Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 126 acres in a typical year, nearest 3 mi E, blooms early Jul – late Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 44 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.8 mi NE, blooms early Jul – late Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 8 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.8 mi NE, blooms early Jul – late Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 13 acres in a typical year, nearest 3.2 mi E, blooms early Jul – late Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 4 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.8 mi E, blooms early Jul – late Sep

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Spring-flowering shrubs, Summer-flowering shrubs, Native wildflowers, Willows; light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Summer-flowering shrubs, Snowberry, Native wildflowers, Spring-flowering shrubs; light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Summer-flowering shrubs, Snowberry, Rabbitbrush, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster); amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Summer-flowering shrubs, Snowberry, Spring-flowering shrubs, Native wildflowers; 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.