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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 39.2087, -108.8052

Estimated forage here is better than about 95% of sites in Colorado. Against other Colorado sites it stands out most in summer (97th percentile) and lowest in fall (16th). Biggest nearby bee crops: alfalfa (right here, grown 4 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.4 mi N). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 72nd percentile (spring 48th, summer 85th, fall 50th)
  • Colorado: 95th percentile (spring 81st, summer 97th, fall 16th)
  • Colorado Plateaus: 99th percentile (spring 97th, summer 100th, fall 53rd)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 16 — Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Main flow: Jun 1 to Aug 15 — Alfalfa
  • Season ends: Sep 30

Bee crops nearby

  • Alfalfa: about 3,034 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi NW, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 943 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi E, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 73 acres in a typical year, nearest 0 mi , blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Corn: about 98 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi N, blooms early Jul – late Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 33 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi S, blooms early Jun – early Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 28 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi SW, blooms early Jun – early Aug

What the honey would be made of

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

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.