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 39.5720, -105.3924

Estimated forage here is better than about 39% of sites in Colorado. Against other Colorado sites it stands out most in summer (60th percentile) and lowest in fall (33rd). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

Continental US: 30th percentile (spring 26th, summer 67th, fall 63rd)
Colorado: 39th percentile (spring 40th, summer 60th, fall 33rd)
Southern Rockies: 52nd percentile (spring 70th, summer 51st, fall 38th)

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

Season

First forage: Apr 1 — Willows, Dandelion
Main flow: May 16 to Aug 31 — Huckleberries, Summer-flowering shrubs, Clovers: white, alsike and red
Season ends: Oct 31

What the honey would be made of

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