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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 38.8118, -106.1064

Estimated forage here is better than about 79% of sites in Colorado. Against other Colorado sites it stands out most in fall (83rd percentile) and lowest in spring (60th). Biggest nearby bee crops: alfalfa (nearest 0.4 mi E, grown 2 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: pond, lake or river, less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 53rd percentile (spring 40th, summer 72nd, fall 89th)
  • Colorado: 79th percentile (spring 60th, summer 72nd, fall 83rd)
  • Southern Rockies: 81st percentile (spring 93rd, summer 65th, fall 79th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Apr 1 — Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: May 1 to Sep 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Alfalfa, Dandelion
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Alfalfa: about 75 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi E, blooms early Jul – late Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 198 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi SE, blooms early Jul – late Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 37 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi SE, blooms early Jul – late Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 31 acres in a typical year, nearest 2 mi SW, blooms early Jul – late Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 12 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.6 mi SW, blooms early Jul – late Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 179 acres in a typical year, nearest 3.2 mi W, blooms early Jul – late Sep

What the honey would be made of

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