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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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Forage report for 39.6660, -102.8458

Estimated forage here is better than about 79% of sites in Colorado. Against other Colorado sites it stands out most in spring (91st percentile) and lowest in fall (23rd). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (right here); alfalfa (nearest 0.9 mi SW); millet (nearest 0.3 mi S, grown 2 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, 0.43 mi SW.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 53rd percentile (spring 54th, summer 71st, fall 56th)
  • Colorado: 79th percentile (spring 91st, summer 70th, fall 23rd)
  • High Plains: 73rd percentile (spring 70th, summer 64th, fall 46th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 16 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Dandelion
  • Main flow: May 1 to Aug 15 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 132 acres in a typical year, nearest 0 mi , blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 323 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi NE, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Alfalfa: about 90 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi SW, blooms early Jun – late Aug
  • Millet: about 45 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi NE, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Millet: about 27 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi S, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 108 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi S, blooms early Jul – early Aug

What the honey would be made of

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