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How good is this spot for honey bees?

Enter an address or tap the map. You'll see which bee plants and crops are within flight range (about 3.7 miles, with nearer land counting more), when the honey flow comes and when there's a dearth, nearby water, a few things worth checking, and how the spot ranks against random sites in your state and across the country.

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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 39.4772, -106.1997

Estimated forage here is better than about 28% of sites in Colorado. Against other Colorado sites it stands out most in fall (97th percentile) and lowest in spring (2nd). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.28 mi NW.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 23rd percentile (spring 0th, summer 58th, fall 98th)
  • Colorado: 28th percentile (spring 2nd, summer 45th, fall 97th)
  • Southern Rockies: 40th percentile (spring 3rd, summer 34th, fall 95th)

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

Season

  • First forage: May 1 — Willows
  • Main flow: Jul 1 to Sep 30 — Huckleberries, Native wildflowers
  • Season ends: Nov 15

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Willows, Kinnikinnick, Native wildflowers, Currants and gooseberries; dark amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Huckleberries, Native wildflowers, Willows, Snowberry; dark amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Huckleberries, Snowberry, Native wildflowers, Fireweed; water white
  • Whole season (March to November): Huckleberries, Willows, Native wildflowers, Snowberry; 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.