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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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Forage report for 40.3968, -104.5792

Estimated forage here is better than about 97% of sites in Colorado. Against other Colorado sites it stands out most in summer (98th percentile) and lowest in spring (64th). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 0.1 mi N); alfalfa (nearest 1.0 mi S). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.12 mi SE.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 77th percentile (spring 42nd, summer 86th, fall 83rd)
  • Colorado: 97th percentile (spring 64th, summer 98th, fall 68th)
  • High Plains: 94th percentile (spring 36th, summer 93rd, fall 84th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Mar 16 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Dandelion
  • Main flow: Jul 1 to Sep 15 — Alfalfa, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Season ends: Sep 30

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 1,217 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi N, blooms early Jul – early Sep
  • Corn: about 558 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi S, blooms early Jul – early Sep
  • Corn: about 730 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.3 mi W, blooms early Jul – early Sep
  • Corn: about 579 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.6 mi N, blooms early Jul – early Sep
  • Corn: about 997 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.9 mi NE, blooms early Jul – early Sep
  • Corn: about 64 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi NW, blooms early Jul – early Sep

What the honey would be made of

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