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 38.8459, -105.1525

Estimated forage here is better than about 39% of sites in Colorado. Against other Colorado sites it stands out most in summer (63rd percentile) and lowest in spring (30th). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

Continental US: 30th percentile (spring 18th, summer 68th, fall 70th)
Colorado: 39th percentile (spring 30th, summer 63rd, fall 44th)
Southern Rockies: 52nd percentile (spring 54th, summer 55th, fall 48th)

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

Season

First forage: Apr 1 — Willows, Dandelion
Main flow: Jun 1 to Aug 31 — Snowberry, Summer-flowering shrubs, Clovers: white, alsike and red
Fall flow: Sep 16 to Sep 30 — Snowberry, Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Summer-flowering shrubs
Season ends: Oct 31

What the honey would be made of

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