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 39.1167, -104.9112

Estimated forage here is better than about 92% of sites in Colorado. Against other Colorado sites it stands out most in spring (93rd percentile) and lowest in fall (65th). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

Continental US: 68th percentile (spring 56th, summer 77th, fall 81st)
Colorado: 92nd percentile (spring 93rd, summer 84th, fall 65th)
Southern Rockies: 93rd percentile (spring 100th, summer 81st, fall 67th)

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 Jul 31 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Summer-flowering shrubs
Fall flow: Aug 16 to Sep 15 — Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Summer-flowering shrubs, Dandelion
Season ends: Oct 15

What the honey would be made of

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