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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 39.7417, -104.4271

Estimated forage here is better than about 87% of sites in Colorado. Against other Colorado sites it stands out most in spring (98th percentile) and lowest in fall (36th). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 0.3 mi S, grown 1 of the last 5 years); millet (nearest 0.5 mi W, grown 1 of the last 5 years); sunflower (nearest 1.4 mi N, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, 0.25 mi SE.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 62nd percentile (spring 65th, summer 69th, fall 65th)
  • Colorado: 87th percentile (spring 98th, summer 66th, fall 36th)
  • High Plains: 84th percentile (spring 90th, summer 60th, fall 59th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 1 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Dandelion, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar)
  • Main flow: Apr 1 to Aug 15 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Fall flow: Sep 1 to Sep 15 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster)
  • Season ends: Sep 30

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 59 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi W, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Millet: about 46 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.5 mi W, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Sunflower: about 16 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.4 mi N, blooms late Jun – late Aug
  • Millet: about 62 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.9 mi SE, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 15 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi S, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 107 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.4 mi W, 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, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar); extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster); extra light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion; light amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster); 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.