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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 39.7041, -106.6790

Estimated forage here is better than about 24% of sites in Colorado. Spring, summer and fall all rank about the same against other Colorado sites. Biggest nearby bee crops: alfalfa (nearest 2.1 mi W, grown 2 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.1 mi E.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 20th percentile (spring 25th, summer 53rd, fall 70th)
  • Colorado: 24th percentile (spring 39th, summer 36th, fall 44th)
  • Southern Rockies: 34th percentile (spring 68th, summer 27th, fall 48th)

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
  • Main flow: May 16 to Aug 31 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Summer-flowering shrubs, Snowberry
  • Fall flow: Sep 16 to Sep 30 — Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Green/yellow rabbitbrush
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Alfalfa: about 17 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.1 mi W, blooms late Jul – early Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 25 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.7 mi N, blooms late Jul – early Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 6 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.2 mi N, blooms late Jul – early Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 4 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.8 mi N, blooms late Jul – early Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 4 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.9 mi N, blooms late Jul – early Sep

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Spring-flowering shrubs, Native wildflowers; light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Snowberry, Summer-flowering shrubs, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Native wildflowers; extra light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush; amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Summer-flowering shrubs, Snowberry; 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.