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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 38.7039, -107.6103

Estimated forage here is better than about 67% of sites in Colorado. Against other Colorado sites it stands out most in spring (84th percentile) and lowest in fall (27th). Biggest nearby bee crops: alfalfa (nearest 0.2 mi S, grown 3 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.11 mi S.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 44th percentile (spring 49th, summer 65th, fall 60th)
  • Colorado: 67th percentile (spring 84th, summer 57th, fall 27th)
  • Colorado Plateaus: 94th percentile (spring 97th, summer 92nd, fall 72nd)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 16 — Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar)
  • Main flow: Apr 16 to Aug 31 — Alfalfa, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Alfalfa: about 120 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi W, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 1,133 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi NW, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 800 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.3 mi SE, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 545 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi E, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 351 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.5 mi SW, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 191 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi E, blooms late Jun – late Aug

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Alfalfa, Spring-flowering shrubs; extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Alfalfa, Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Clovers: white, alsike and red; white
  • Fall honey (September to November): Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Rabbitbrush, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion; amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Alfalfa, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Spotted and diffuse knapweed; extra 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.