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 39.6706, -105.2428

Estimated forage here is better than about 66% of sites in Colorado. Against other Colorado sites it stands out most in summer (65th percentile) and lowest in fall (43rd). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.12 mi SW.

Ranking

Continental US: 44th percentile (spring 40th, summer 69th, fall 70th)
Colorado: 66th percentile (spring 60th, summer 65th, fall 43rd)
Southern Rockies: 70th percentile (spring 93rd, summer 57th, fall 47th)

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, Native wildflowers, Clovers: white, alsike and red
Main flow: May 16 to Aug 15 — Summer-flowering shrubs, Spring-flowering shrubs, Clovers: white, alsike and red
Fall flow: Sep 1 to Sep 15 — Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Summer-flowering shrubs, Clovers: white, alsike and red
Season ends: Oct 31

What the honey would be made of

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