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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 41.1914, -104.3593

Estimated forage here is better than about 94% of sites in Wyoming. Against other Wyoming sites it stands out most in spring (99th percentile) and lowest in fall (77th). Biggest nearby bee crops: corn (nearest 1.0 mi SE, grown 4 of the last 5 years); alfalfa (nearest 1.2 mi N, grown 3 of the last 5 years); millet (nearest 1.2 mi N, grown 1 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.36 mi N.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 50th percentile (spring 45th, summer 65th, fall 93rd)
  • Wyoming: 94th percentile (spring 99th, summer 80th, fall 77th)
  • High Plains: 67th percentile (spring 46th, summer 49th, fall 95th)

Percentile among 3,000 random land points across Wyoming, 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: Apr 16 to Sep 15 — Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard), Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Clovers: white, alsike and red
  • Fall flow: Oct 1 to Oct 15 — Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster), Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Corn: about 83 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi SE, blooms late Jul – late Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 68 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.2 mi N, blooms late Jun – early Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 129 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.9 mi S, blooms late Jun – early Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 22 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.3 mi SE, blooms late Jun – early Sep
  • Millet: about 75 acres in a typical year, nearest 2 mi W, blooms late Jul – late Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 243 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.5 mi W, blooms late Jun – early Sep

What the honey would be made of

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