Bee forage check

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 40.7318, -106.2815

Estimated forage here is better than about 95% of sites in Colorado. Against other Colorado sites it stands out most in fall (97th percentile) and lowest in spring (51st). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, 0.25 mi W.

Ranking

Continental US: 73rd percentile (spring 35th, summer 82nd, fall 98th)
Colorado: 95th percentile (spring 51st, summer 93rd, fall 97th)
Southern Rockies: 96th percentile (spring 86th, summer 92nd, 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 16 — Dandelion, Willows, Clovers: white, alsike and red
Main flow: May 16 to Aug 31 — Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Native wildflowers
Fall flow: Sep 16 to Sep 30 — Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
Season ends: Nov 15

What the honey would be made of

Spring honey (March to June): Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Willows, Native wildflowers; light amber
Summer honey (July and August): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Native wildflowers, Dandelion, Spotted and diffuse knapweed; extra light amber
Fall honey (September to November): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Dandelion, Native wildflowers; light amber
Whole season (March to November): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Native wildflowers, Spotted and diffuse knapweed; 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.