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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 40.5177, -108.0903

Estimated forage here is better than about 62% of sites in Colorado. Against other Colorado sites it stands out most in fall (85th percentile) and lowest in spring (46th). Biggest nearby bee crops: alfalfa (right here, grown 3 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 42nd percentile (spring 32nd, summer 66th, fall 90th)
  • Colorado: 62nd percentile (spring 46th, summer 58th, fall 85th)
  • Wyoming Basin: 96th percentile (spring 97th, summer 93rd, fall 87th)

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, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Weedy mustards
  • Main flow: May 16 to Sep 15 — Alfalfa, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Fall flow: Oct 1 to Oct 15 — Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush, Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Alfalfa: about 213 acres in a typical year, nearest 0 mi , blooms early Jul – early Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 71 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.4 mi NE, blooms early Jul – early Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 37 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi E, blooms early Jul – early Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 53 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi E, blooms early Jul – early Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 208 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.6 mi NW, blooms early Jul – early Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 41 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi N, blooms early Jul – early Sep

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Native wildflowers, Weedy mustards; light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Alfalfa, Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Native wildflowers; white
  • Fall honey (September to November): Alfalfa, Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush, Spotted and diffuse knapweed; light amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Alfalfa, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Native wildflowers; 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.