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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 39.6368, -105.3359

Estimated forage here is better than about 68% of sites in Colorado. Against other Colorado sites it stands out most in spring (64th percentile) and lowest in fall (52nd). 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: 45th percentile (spring 42nd, summer 67th, fall 74th)
  • Colorado: 68th percentile (spring 64th, summer 62nd, fall 52nd)
  • Southern Rockies: 72nd percentile (spring 94th, summer 53rd, fall 56th)

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 Aug 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Summer-flowering shrubs
  • Fall flow: Sep 1 to Sep 15 — Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Summer-flowering shrubs
  • Season ends: Oct 31

What the honey would be made of

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

Things to watch

  • Heavily developed. About 53% of the land within a mile is developed. Less room for forage, and more neighbors near the hives.
  • Flood map not checked. FEMA's flood map service didn't answer. Check it directly.

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.