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 41.7309, -105.9750

Estimated forage here is better than about 91% of sites in Wyoming. Against other Wyoming sites it stands out most in fall (95th percentile) and lowest in summer (80th). Nearest mapped water: creek, wetland or wet meadow, less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

Continental US: 44th percentile (spring 29th, summer 65th, fall 98th)
Wyoming: 91st percentile (spring 86th, summer 80th, fall 95th)
Wyoming Basin: 97th percentile (spring 96th, summer 93rd, fall 99th)

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

Season

First forage: Apr 1 — Dandelion, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar), Weedy mustards
Main flow: May 1 to Sep 30 — Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
Fall flow: Oct 16 to Oct 31 — Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush
Season ends: Nov 30

What the honey would be made of

Spring honey (March to June): Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Native wildflowers, Early trees (maple, willow, poplar); light amber
Summer honey (July and August): Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Native wildflowers, Dandelion; extra light amber
Fall honey (September to November): Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion; light amber
Whole season (March to November): Spotted and diffuse knapweed, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Native wildflowers; 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.