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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 40.1535, -106.9102

Estimated forage here is better than about 99% of sites in Colorado. Against other Colorado sites it stands out most in summer and fall (98th percentile) and lowest in spring (69th). Biggest nearby bee crops: alfalfa (nearest 2.8 mi N, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.25 mi NE.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 81st percentile (spring 44th, summer 85th, fall 98th)
  • Colorado: 99th percentile (spring 69th, summer 98th, fall 98th)
  • Southern Rockies: 100th percentile (spring 96th, summer 99th, fall 96th)

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, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar)
  • Main flow: May 16 to Aug 15 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Fall flow: Sep 1 to Sep 30 — Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Alfalfa: about 5 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.8 mi N, blooms late Jul – late Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 4 acres in a typical year, nearest 3.1 mi SW, blooms late Jul – late Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 2 acres in a typical year, nearest 3 mi W, blooms late Jul – late Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 2 acres in a typical year, nearest 3.3 mi N, blooms late Jul – late Sep

What the honey would be made of

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