Arcadia Bees
Nucs Queens About Nuc guide Forage Contact Join waitlist

Bee forage check

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.

Or tap the map. We don't store your address or exact location.

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 38.4149, -105.1915

Estimated forage here is better than about 89% of sites in Colorado. Against other Colorado sites it stands out most in spring (99th percentile) and lowest in fall (30th). Biggest nearby bee crops: alfalfa (nearest 0.5 mi N, grown 1 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 1.1 mi NE, grown 3 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 64th percentile (spring 72nd, summer 67th, fall 62nd)
  • Colorado: 89th percentile (spring 99th, summer 60th, fall 30th)
  • Southwestern Tablelands: 97th percentile (spring 90th, summer 96th, fall 27th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 1 — Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Main flow: Apr 1 to Aug 15 — Alfalfa, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Alfalfa: about 213 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi NE, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 93 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi E, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 11 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi N, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 41 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.4 mi NE, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 7 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi E, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Corn: about 15 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi NE, blooms late Jun – late Aug

What the honey would be made of

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