Bee forage check

How good is this spot for honey bees?

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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 38.6071, -106.5152

Estimated forage here is better than about 72% of sites in Colorado. Against other Colorado sites it stands out most in fall (90th percentile) and lowest in spring (25th). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

Continental US: 48th percentile (spring 14th, summer 76th, fall 94th)
Colorado: 72nd percentile (spring 25th, summer 80th, fall 90th)
Southern Rockies: 76th percentile (spring 46th, summer 76th, fall 86th)

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 Sep 15 — Huckleberries, Snowberry, Willows
Season ends: Nov 15

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): Huckleberries, Snowberry, Willows, Clovers: white, alsike and red; light amber
Fall honey (September to November): Fireweed, Snowberry, Huckleberries, Spotted and diffuse knapweed; white
Whole season (March to November): Willows, Huckleberries, Snowberry, Fireweed; 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.