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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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Forage report for 40.3499, -104.7077

Estimated forage here is better than about 98% of sites in Colorado. Against other Colorado sites it stands out most in spring (98th percentile) and lowest in fall (52nd). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 0.3 mi NW, grown 3 of the last 5 years); alfalfa (nearest 0.6 mi SW). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.24 mi S.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 80th percentile (spring 68th, summer 82nd, fall 74th)
  • Colorado: 98th percentile (spring 98th, summer 93rd, fall 52nd)
  • High Plains: 97th percentile (spring 91st, summer 89th, fall 71st)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 1 — Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Early trees (maple, willow, poplar)
  • Main flow: Apr 1 to Aug 31 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Alfalfa
  • Season ends: Sep 30

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 1,370 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi E, blooms early Jul – early Sep
  • Corn: about 550 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi S, blooms early Jul – early Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 117 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.6 mi SW, blooms early Jun – late Aug
  • Corn: about 66 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi W, blooms early Jul – early Sep
  • Corn: about 43 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi N, blooms early Jul – early Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 573 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.8 mi SE, blooms early Jun – late Aug

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Alfalfa; extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Alfalfa, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion; extra light amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Dandelion, Garden flowers; extra light amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Alfalfa; extra light amber

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.