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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 41.6709, -109.2883

Estimated forage here is better than about 9% of sites in Wyoming. Against other Wyoming sites it ranks highest in spring (23rd percentile) and lowest in summer (13th). Biggest nearby bee crops: alfalfa (nearest 2.7 mi SE, grown 3 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.17 mi S.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 9th percentile (spring 4th, summer 30th, fall 73rd)
  • Wyoming: 9th percentile (spring 23rd, summer 13th, fall 15th)
  • Wyoming Basin: 15th percentile (spring 24th, summer 24th, fall 20th)

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

Season

  • First forage: Apr 16 — Arrowleaf balsamroot, Weedy mustards, Native wildflowers
  • Main flow: May 16 to Sep 30 — Native wildflowers, Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush
  • Fall flow: Oct 16 to Oct 31 — Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush, Rabbitbrush
  • Season ends: Oct 31

Bee crops nearby

  • Alfalfa: about 3 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.7 mi SE, blooms late Jul – early Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 2 acres in a typical year, nearest 2.7 mi SE, blooms late Jul – early Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 3 acres in a typical year, nearest 3.3 mi SE, blooms late Jul – early Sep

What the honey would be made of

  • Spring honey (March to June): Native wildflowers, Arrowleaf balsamroot, Native wildflowers, Weedy mustards; extra light amber
  • Summer honey (July and August): Native wildflowers, Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush, Snowberry; amber
  • Fall honey (September to November): Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush, Rabbitbrush, Spotted and diffuse knapweed; dark amber
  • Whole season (March to November): Native wildflowers, Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush, Native wildflowers; 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.