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How good is this spot for honey bees?

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Forage report for 42.0093, -104.9702

Estimated forage here is better than about 99% of sites in Wyoming. Against other Wyoming sites it stands out most in summer (100th percentile) and lowest in fall (84th). Biggest nearby bee crops: alfalfa (nearest 0.1 mi E, grown 3 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.2 mi W, grown 1 of the last 5 years); dry beans (nearest 0.8 mi N, grown 3 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), less than 0.1 mi away.

Ranking

  • Continental US: 77th percentile (spring 39th, summer 86th, fall 94th)
  • Wyoming: 99th percentile (spring 97th, summer 100th, fall 84th)
  • High Plains: 95th percentile (spring 28th, summer 93rd, fall 97th)

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, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Roadside weeds (clover, dandelion, sweet clover, mustard)
  • Main flow: Jun 16 to Sep 15 — Alfalfa
  • Season ends: Oct 15

Bee crops nearby

  • Alfalfa: about 2,725 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi E, blooms late Jun – early Sep
  • Alfalfa: about 100 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi W, blooms late Jun – early Sep
  • Corn: about 118 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.7 mi E, blooms late Jul – early Sep
  • Corn: about 114 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi N, blooms late Jul – early Sep
  • Corn: about 275 acres in a typical year, nearest 1 mi S, blooms late Jul – early Sep
  • Corn: about 133 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.1 mi SW, blooms late Jul – early Sep

What the honey would be made of

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

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.