Bee forage check

How good is this spot for honey bees?

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Forage report for 41.7603, -108.9659

Estimated forage here is better than about 63% of sites in Wyoming. Against other Wyoming sites it stands out most in spring (75th percentile) and lowest in summer (59th). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

Continental US: 24th percentile (spring 23rd, summer 52nd, fall 90th)
Wyoming: 63rd percentile (spring 75th, summer 59th, fall 67th)
Wyoming Basin: 88th percentile (spring 93rd, summer 82nd, fall 86th)

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

Season

First forage: Apr 16 — Dandelion, Arrowleaf balsamroot, Clovers: white, alsike and red
Main flow: May 1 to Sep 30 — Native wildflowers, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion
Fall flow: Oct 16 to Oct 31 — Green/yellow rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush
Season ends: Oct 31

What the honey would be made of

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

Things to watch

No digital FEMA flood map here. FEMA has no digital flood map for this area. Ask the county, and look for low ground near creeks before placing hives.

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.