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Forage report for 39.0751, -108.4608

Estimated forage here is better than about 95% of sites in Colorado. Against other Colorado sites it stands out most in spring (100th percentile) and lowest in fall (26th). Biggest nearby bee crops: peaches (nearest 1.5 mi SE); alfalfa (nearest 0.1 mi SW, grown 3 of the last 5 years); cherries (nearest 1.8 mi SE). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.27 mi N. 2 things to watch (below).

Ranking

  • Continental US: 72nd percentile (spring 81st, summer 70th, fall 59th)
  • Colorado: 95th percentile (spring 100th, summer 66th, fall 26th)
  • Colorado Plateaus: 99th percentile (spring 100th, summer 94th, fall 69th)

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
  • Main flow: Mar 16 to Jul 31 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Alfalfa
  • Fall flow: Aug 16 to Aug 31 — Garden flowers, Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Season ends: Sep 30

Bee crops nearby

  • Peaches: about 114 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.5 mi SE, blooms late Mar – early Apr
  • Alfalfa: about 64 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi SE, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 25 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi SW, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 6 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi SW, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 42 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi E, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 109 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.6 mi S, blooms early Jun – early Aug

What the honey would be made of

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

Things to watch

  • Heavily developed. About 92% of the land within a mile is developed. Less room for forage, and more neighbors near the hives.
  • Bee crops nearby that are often sprayed. Peaches: insecticides used on about 86% of surveyed US acres (2025); Cherries, sweet: insecticides used on about 84% of surveyed US acres (2025); Cherries, tart: insecticides used on about 45% of surveyed US acres (2025); Grapes (all types): insecticides used on about 58% of surveyed US acres (2021); Grapes, wine type: insecticides used on about 56% of surveyed US acres (2025); Grapes, table type: insecticides used on about 50% of surveyed US acres (2025); Grapes, raisin type: insecticides used on about 77% of surveyed US acres (2025). Figures are from USDA's Agricultural Chemical Use Survey, matched by crop type from the crop map. The survey counts any insecticide use in the crop year (not seed treatments) and doesn't say when; ask nearby growers about spray timing.

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.