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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 40.1122, -102.4880

Estimated forage here is better than about 90% of sites in Colorado. Against other Colorado sites it stands out most in spring (95th percentile) and lowest in fall (24th). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 0.3 mi E); dry beans (nearest 1.1 mi S, grown 1 of the last 5 years); millet (nearest 1.7 mi SW, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.19 mi NE.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 65th percentile (spring 59th, summer 77th, fall 57th)
  • Colorado: 90th percentile (spring 95th, summer 84th, fall 24th)
  • High Plains: 87th percentile (spring 83rd, summer 80th, fall 47th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 16 — Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Main flow: Jul 1 to Jul 31 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Summer-flowering shrubs, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster)
  • Season ends: Sep 30

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 2,650 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi E, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 2,336 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi NE, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 78 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi NE, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 114 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi NW, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 57 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi NW, blooms early Jul – early Aug
  • Corn: about 189 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.3 mi NW, 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), Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Dry Beans, Clovers: white, alsike and red; 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), Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, 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.