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 39.1499, -105.1616

Estimated forage here is better than about 44% of sites in Colorado. Against other Colorado sites it stands out most in summer (58th percentile) and lowest in fall (32nd). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away. 1 thing to watch (below).

Ranking

Continental US: 32nd percentile (spring 32nd, summer 66th, fall 63rd)
Colorado: 44th percentile (spring 46th, summer 58th, fall 32nd)
Southern Rockies: 54th percentile (spring 81st, summer 49th, fall 36th)

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

Season

First forage: Apr 16 — Dandelion, Native wildflowers, Spring-flowering shrubs
Main flow: May 16 to Aug 15 — Summer-flowering shrubs, Spring-flowering shrubs
Fall flow: Sep 1 to Sep 15 — Summer-flowering shrubs, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster)
Season ends: Oct 31

What the honey would be made of

Spring honey (March to June): Spring-flowering shrubs, Summer-flowering shrubs, Dandelion, Native wildflowers; light amber
Summer honey (July and August): Summer-flowering shrubs, Spring-flowering shrubs, Native wildflowers, Clovers: white, alsike and red; light amber
Fall honey (September to November): Summer-flowering shrubs, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard); light amber
Whole season (March to November): Summer-flowering shrubs, Spring-flowering shrubs, Dandelion, Native wildflowers; light amber

Things to watch

Near a FEMA high-risk flood zone. A mapped high-risk flood zone (AE) is within about 300 m. Check FEMA's map for the exact spot.

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.